Silver by Bernard Cohen

Accession Code: wu0200 Title: Silver Date completed: 1964 Medium: Prints Material: Screenprint Height (mm): 585 Width (mm): 914 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: signed, dated and numbered 21/45 Location Name: Senate House Location Description: Wellbeing Support Services Location Floor: 1

Cohen's work is abstract and reflects a desire to create "the shock of confrontation" which, he argued, could no longer be delivered by figuration. His fascination with pattern and ornament, both organic and man-made, provides a way of portraying the real world in a non-figurative way.

According to Eric Shanes, Cohen's work is "a vivid reflection of the visual, psychological, emotional and technological maelstrom in which we now live".