Editor: Dave Beech
Publisher: Black Dog Publishing
Publication: 2009, First Edition
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 280
Size: 250 x 300
Text: English
ISBN: 1906155658
(Preface) 'The use of written language has been one of the most defining developments in visual art of the twentieth century. Art and Text is a unique and timely survey of this most contemporary and relevant artistic tool, tracing the relationship between language and art, from early experiments with pictorial poetry, Futurist typography and Cubist collage, through Conceptual practices to the present day.
The use of text can be seen in some of the most avant-garde artwork of the twentieth century; René Magritte used it as an instrument for Surrealist subversion when he inscribed his painting with the statement "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", while Marcel Duchamp's readymades established a linguistic basis for the artwork in which titling, nomination and concept were prioritised. In the late 1960s and 1970s, artists such as John Baldessari, Martha Rosler, Lawrence Weiner and Joseph Kosuth-still today some of the world's most respected practitioners— helped codify the completely new boundaries of what constitutes art.
Art and Text documents and contextualises the fascinating relationship between word and image, showcasing the many artists who continue to use text and expand its possibilities.'
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