Torsten Lilja , Founder of the Lilja Foundation which holds the world’s most foremost collection of Christo’s prints as well early work by pop artists Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, Jasper Johns and Lichtenstein.

Torsten first came in to contact with the pop artists as their printmaking began to develop made possible by their collaboration with and support by master printer Tyler, and print studios such as Tamarind and Atelier 17. Through working closely with the highly skilled and ‘dare devil’ printers such as Tyler, techniques were experimental and the prints became layered, complex and monumental . The master printers pushed the artists, especially Rauschenberg to expand creative and technical boundaries. According to Lilja, the relationship between the artist and the printer was symbiotic – the master printer being the ‘shadow in the ink.’
At this level, the the shared and collaborative nature of the print studio, transformation became evident.