Our lives are shaped by language: the social media we engage with, the news we read, and the signs we follow, all dictate how we connect and experience the world. Text and language have long been a powerful vehicle in the artistic expression of leading conceptual artists since the 1960s, namely Ed Ruscha, Jenny Holzer, John Baldessari, and Lawrence Weiner. In this time of stillness, we seek more than ever before to enrich our lives with text and visuals that fire the imagination, rouse visual pleasure, and inspire intellectual excitement.
From anagrammatic wordplay to esoteric quotations, and from ‘the subtext of existence’ to draconian proscriptions on the Untouchables, these poignant text-based works are a celebration of our artists who harness the immediate and transformative power of language in the visual realm.
–Claire (Visitserngtrakul) Vis-Le
wood, acrylic paint, varnish
93 x 110 x 45.5 cm; table 88 x 115 x 49.5 cm
neon (Helvetica, snow white)
10 x 330 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
digital print hand coloured in water crayon
81 x 99 cm
Edition of 8 + 4 AP
from the series Scarred for Life II
offset print
80 x 60 cm
Edition of 60 + 10 APs
acrylic on rabbit skin glue primed Japanese chintz and acrylic on oval text panel
two parts: 100 x 84 cm; 51 x 36 cm
Tongan Ngatu (bark cloth), ink
279 x 118 cm
Edition of 2 + 1 AP
Tongan Ngatu (bark cloth), ink
279 x 118 cm
Edition of 2 + 1 AP
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