I have been reading the truisms of Jenny Holzer the American Artist who has placed provocative messages in unexpected contexts and borrows freely from mass culture to create her artwork. She explores the pressing issues of our time and edits them into simple one line texts. In her work language becomes an image. Artists have been working with language since the beginning of the 20th century with Cubist painting and collage.
click on these links to see her work:
mfx.dasburo.com/art/truisms.html
www.jennyholzer.com
www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jenny-holzer-1307
This is inspiring to me in my continued use of found text and my ongoing 'trace'
process - click on the 'trace' tab at the top of the blog ......
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