The exhibition-organized by through the generosity of the Gabo family and the Tate Gallery Archives-includes over 100 monoprinted wood engravings created between 1950 and 1977 by the Russian Constructivist sculptor Naum Gabo (1890-1977). Born and raised in Russia, Naum Gabo became interested at an early age in aspects of both artistic and scientific modernism. Athough best known for his sculpture, Gabo also produced monoprints that reinterpreted his sculptural concepts in a new medium. In the works presented in this exhibition, known as Opus 1 through Opus 12, Gabo sought to impart the three-dimensional space of sculpture in the two-dimensional medium of prints, rather than creating prints which simply illustrate his sculpture.

image: Opus Three, 1950