Tag Archives: text

A rich mix: poetry/art from Puerto Rico

Posted on 22/06/2016 by textversusart

While in Puerto Rico for a week and wondering around Santurce around both the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico and also looking for street art (some of which sadly no longer exists), I was struck with the large use of … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collage, poetry, text-based artists | Tagged Adal, Adal maldonado, alexis diaz, art, duane michaels, hunter college, joan mitchell foundation, juan sanchez, Julia de Burgos Performance and Arts center, library of congress, lithographs, lorenzo homar, mixed media, museo de arte de puerto rico, poetry, printmaking, puerto rico, santurce, street art, text, tomas blanco | Leave a comment

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

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

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 →

Posted in art, graphic design, text-based artists, Uncategorized | Tagged Artist, Barbara Krugar, Christopher Wool, D.C, Hirshhorn Museum, image, text, text-based art | Leave a comment

Dear Raymond

Posted on 18/05/2011 by textversusart

I stumbled across these a while ago. I’ve liked Raymond Pettibon for a while, dragged to go see a gallery full of his drawings in 2003 by a friend who was a huge Black Flag fan (his brother is Greg … Continue reading →

Posted in book covers, text-based artists, Uncategorized | Tagged art, inspiration, Painting, raymond pettibon, text, words, writing | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in performance, text-based artists, Uncategorized | Tagged art, artists, contemporary art, cunt is rose is a cunt, gertrude stein, Painting, romeo and juliet, rose is a rose is a rose, text, text-based art, tracey emin, writing in art | Leave a comment

Jaume Plensa- for we are built of very words that tumble from our tongues

Posted on 12/04/2011 by textversusart

So, I discovered Jaume Plensa not too long ago, through my bible on text in art- simply called Art and Text, and was really intrigued by the few images I saw. Randomly going through the Guardian online with my cup … Continue reading →

Posted in art, performance, text-based artists, Theatre, Uncategorized | Tagged art, bela bartok, bluebeard, iron, jaume plensa, letters, outdoor art, sculpture, set design, sounds of silence, text, theatre, theatre design, tokyo, yorkshire sculpture garden | Leave a comment

Literal text.

Posted on 04/09/2010 by textversusart

I saw these great book covers a while ago and thought I’d share them. I love the Knots piece, although I can’t read the words that are tangled. I’ve heard a little about R.D Laing, and from what I can … Continue reading →

Posted in art, book covers, graphic design, text-based artists | Tagged anger management, books, graphic design, knots, literal text, r d laing, text | Leave a comment

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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