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42 Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) Paolozzi was born in Leith, Scotland. He studied at Edinburgh College of Art in 1943, followed by Slade School of Fine Art at UCL. In 1948 he went to work in Paris, where he met Giacometti and Brancusi, sculptors who influenced Paolozzi's later works. In 1968 he was appointed CBE, the following year he was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts. Fascinated by modern machines and technology, Eduardo Paolozzi produced graphic art, collages, pottery, films, mosaics, and sculptures inspired by industrial engineering. He developed a new process of piecing together works from prefabricated aluminum and brass casting moulds; the resulting geometric human forms have often been described as "totems for the technological age." Crucially, Paolozzi came to embrace technology rather than perceiving it as a demon to be feared, and he wrote and lectured extensively on how popular culture and science should inform sculpture. He is often cited as an important exponent of British surrealism as well as an influence on Pop Art. In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a master craftsman, best known for building a great labyrinth on the island of Crete. The name Daedalus means 'skillfully wrought', and Paolozzi pays tribute to him as a fellow sculptor. This fragmented, machine-like figure was constructed from loosely geometric body parts, which appear to have been bolted together or stacked on top of one another. The wheeled platform suggests the carts used in a bronze foundry, a direct allusion to Daedalus's role as a sculptor. This close identification suggests the sculpture may be seen as a self- portrait of the artist. Daedalus, 1990 Bronze with brown patina 157 x 54 x 40 cm Signed, dated twice and inscribed 'Unikat' verso. Cast at Arch Bronze Foundry, London in 1990. This unique cast is the first of five recorded variations. (Other versions are in the collections of Tate London, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and Jesus College, Cambridge.) Courtesy of Osborne Samuel Gallery www.osbornesamuel.com Daedalus was a master craftsman in Greek mythology, so in what way might the work of an artist and the work of a cathedral be related?