Tag Archives: text-based 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 →

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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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Belief + Doubt = Sanity

Posted on 15/05/2014 by textversusart

“Belief is tricky, because left to it’s own devices it can court a kind of surety, that fears doubt and destroys difference.” Barbara Krugar I just came back from D.C, the first time I’ve been, and a nice change from … Continue reading →

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Words vs Spectacle: Robert Montgomery

Posted on 09/10/2013 by textversusart

I saw an exhibition this weekend, a collection of words in a gallery, which I discovered are more at home on the street. Robery Montogomery’s work is reaction to advertising, and he has often taken over billboards and advertising space … Continue reading →

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A Cunt is A Rose is A Cunt- from Juliet to Gertrude to Tracey

Posted on 10/05/2011 by textversusart

“A cunt is a rose is a cunt” is Emin’s reworking of the famous/notorious line from Gertrude Stein’s 1913 poem “Sacred Emily”: “Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose”. This was probably inspired in turn by Juliet’s … Continue reading →

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Art and Text: a preliminary dig

Posted on 17/08/2010 by textversusart

I finally received my first Art and Text book and have been pouring through it. It is called Art and Text and is published by Black Dog Publishing. It is the best introduction to the subject I have seen so … Continue reading →

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