From photocopiers to fresh laundry: The unexpected tools of four pioneering artists by Louisa Elderton

From photocopiers to fresh laundry: The unexpected tools of four pioneering artists

Louisa Elderton

Find out how these innovations allowed them to expand the limits of their chosen mediums


Left: Pati Hill, Untitled (fur coat), 1977-1979. Right: Pati Hill, Untitled (rose), 1990. © Photo Marc Domage. Courtesy of Air de Paris, Romainville.
Left: Pati Hill, Untitled (fur coat), 1977-1979. Right: Pati Hill, Untitled (rose), 1990. © Photo Marc Domage. Courtesy of Air de Paris, Romainville.
Maria Pinińska-Bereś, The Banner, 1980. Courtesy of The Approach, London and Fundacja im. Marii Pinińskiej-Bereś i Jerzego Beresia, Kraków.
Maria Pinińska-Bereś, The Banner, 1980. Courtesy of The Approach, London and Fundacja im. Marii Pinińskiej-Bereś i Jerzego Beresia, Kraków.
Sem título (da série Monotipias) / Untitled (from the Monotypes series), 1964. Courtesy of Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo.
Sem título (da série Monotipias) / Untitled (from the Monotypes series), 1964. Courtesy of Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo.
Lois Weinberger, Das über Pflanzen ist eins mit ihnen, documenta X (Bahngleis bepflanzt mit Neophyten aus Süd-und Südosteuropa), 1997. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna.
Lois Weinberger, Das über Pflanzen ist eins mit ihnen, documenta X (Bahngleis bepflanzt mit Neophyten aus Süd-und Südosteuropa), 1997. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna.

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