Tottenham Court Road Station

This picture, taken in Tottenham Court Road Station, represents a small part of one of the 1000 square metres of mosaic designed by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.

He was one of the British artists who came to international projection after the Second World War. Paolozzi was born the 7th of March, 1924, in Leith, Edinburgh and he died the 22nd of April, 2005, in London. In his 81 years, he worked as an sculptor and printmaker with an inventive and prolific style and he became an example of British pop art.

Conjectures to identity, 1963. Tate Modern

In 1984, the Station was entire redecorated and Paolozzi was the perfect artist for the job. The mosaics reflect the the location of Tottenham Court Road station, surrender by electronic and music shops. He used the themes from elements of everyday city, including some references to the Architectural Association and the British Museum.

But Paolozzi didn't use the same style all the time. The Norther Line has a sparser technique with rectangular forms laid out in grids. In the central Line the composition is brighter and flamboyant. 

If you enjoy with Paolozzi's mosaics you would like to know that this artist have a lot of works all around UK. Examples of his work are the cover of Paul McCartney's album "Red Rose Speedway", the ceiling panels and window tapestry at Cleish Castle, the bronze sculpture "Newton" in the British Library square, the "Head of Invention" sculpture on the South Bank, the sculpture "A Maximis Ad Minima" in Kew Gardens orthe "Athena" sculpture in the Art Centre at the London Oratory School.