With the exhibition Milestones we aim to honor the British artist Joe Tilson (*1928), one of the pioneers and main representatives of British Pop Art, and his work in the year of his 95th birthday. Works from almost all creative phases, from the early 1950s to the present day, are featured in this show with retrospective character and reflect the fundamental milestones of a life devoted to art.

Unique works on canvas and paper, wooden reliefs, as well as prints and multiples from various work cycles, are presented in this second exhibition of the artist at DIE GALERIE, bearing witness to his versatility both in terms of subject matter and creative approach. Whereas in the early “Pop Art years” he explored political and socially critical topics alongside the fast-paced technological progress and the world of consumerism, it was increasingly the natural world and its elements, as well as ancient legends and mythological lore, that provided him a source of inspiration in his later creative phases. Further major impulses for his oeuvre of the 1990s and 2000s can be found in Italy, as the series of the so-called „Crete Senesi“ – inspired by and executed in the Tuscan landscape – and his creations dedicated to the city of Venice strikingly illustrate. Although his art has been in a constant state of flux over the past decades and experienced countless transformations, Joe Tilson always managed to remain true to himself and to develop a style that is unmistakably unique.

Alongside the works of the British artist, the Venetian-themed tapestries of Joslyn Tilson, artist in her own right and wife of Joe Tilson, will be shown in a special cabinet exhibition.