Word Maps
Word Maps presented four artists whose work investigates relationships between printed texts and our contemporary visual environment. Through a variety of mediums including collage, weaving, printing and drawing, these artists create a system of symbols, icons, and readable and undecipherable written forms that may be read as a map to be decoded through imaginative interpretation.
The artists selected for Word Maps present viewers with four different approaches to the association of visual art and language that has been one of the central practices in the history of art from the Dadaists on. This four person exhibition investigates the continuing interest by contemporary artists with associating other mediums with printed texts. At a moment when the book, as the most widely used medium for transmitting language and written texts, is in the process of transformation, all three artists deconstruct and reinvent books. These artists reflect an ongoing interest and inspiration of relationships between written/patterned forms in their work.
Curated by Edie Carpenter
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Additional Resources
To view the Curatorial Statement, click HERE.
To check out more artwork in this exhibition, click HERE to view our Flickr album.