Tag Archives: text art

A Collaboration

Posted on 09/05/2016 by textversusart

Sadly now over, the Gagosian in LA, recently held a exhibition that was collaboration between an artist Alex Israel and Bret Eastern Ellis. Ellis is best known for his novels Less Than Zero, American Psycho and The Rules of Attraction, … Continue reading →

Posted in art, photography, text-based artists | Tagged alex israel, beverly hills, bret eastern ellis, gagosian, los angeles, los angeles art, text, text art, text-based art | Leave a comment

It’s all storms and hurricanes

Posted on 18/05/2015 by textversusart

“Do the times make the artist or does the artist make the times? Both at different times are correct—I guess. Some times got Shakespeare others got Pope, one period got Lady Murasaki and Sei Shonagon at the same time. What … Continue reading →

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Word Play

Posted on 05/10/2014 by textversusart

I just discovered Kate Tempest. And even though rap isn’t normally my style, I’m kind of in love with her lyrics. Her bluntness. And frankly the skill of those rhymes. I also discovered the video for Give from her band … Continue reading →

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On Language

Posted on 03/09/2014 by textversusart

A little while ago I came across an interview with Rosalee Goldberg, queen of performance art, she was talking about text and poetry, and the audience that witness both, “some love language in itself, and some the written word. Theres’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged concrete poetry, forced entertainment, haroun and the sea of stories, jeremy adler, language, mel boucher, raw shark texts, rosalee goldberg, salmon rushdie, text, text art, tim etchells, visual poetry | Leave a comment

Text Home.

Posted on 04/06/2014 by textversusart

Once upon a time- 12 years ago- I lived in San Francisco. It was just for a year, fresh out of college, interning at a theatre, broke as all hell, living on fumes and alcohol, but it was one of … Continue reading →

Posted in art, public art, text-based artists, Uncategorized | Tagged ben rubin, fadia kader, graffiti, mark hansen, new york, new york times, protect your magic, rigo 23, street art, text and image, text art, toynbee tiles | Leave a comment

1000 words to sing you a song: art and opera

Posted on 24/04/2011 by textversusart

I came across this article the other day, of two artists first ventures into opera. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lesley-dill/opera-chicks-artists-ev-d_b_836660.html I’d been investigating the work of Lesley Dill, for a little bit, loving her text based costume sculptures, and E.V I already knew about … Continue reading →

Posted in art, performance, text-based artists, Theatre | Tagged clothing. artists and opera, contemporary art, Costumes, creative descruction, deconstruction, divide light, e.v day, emily dickenson, lesley dill, multi media, new york city opera, performance, poem dress sculpture, poetry, text art, word art | Leave a comment