His flat, brightly colored aesthetic recalls the catchy visual language of advertisements, and his bold,
iconic use of text bring to mind brand logos.
Not exact matches
Using elements
of color,
text, and abstract symbolism the artists created
iconic representations
of the people and issues that defined the time.
This exhibition marks Wynne's most ambitious gallery show featuring his now
iconic glass wall sculptures in the shape
of waves, vortexes, and underwater exhale bubbles and
text works including a new series
using black glass.
Key examples from the artist's most
iconic neon series will be on view, including elements from Kosuth's renowned «Freud» series (1981 - 1989), in which the artist puts the psychoanalyst's
texts regarding unconscious functioning meaningfully into play
using wall pieces and installations, and from his acclaimed «Wittgenstein» series (1989 - 1993), which illustrate the fervent influence
of the philosopher on Kosuth's foundation
of thinking, and belief that art should ask questions about itself, as a language engaged in the production
of meaning.
Beginning with Rockwell Kent's
iconic black - and - white illustrations for the 1930 publication
of Moby - Dick, the exhibition considers how makers in the 20th and 21st centuries have responded to Melville's
text and
used it to explore the most pressing artistic and social questions
of their times.
On the Art
of Building in Ten Books, inspired by classical
texts and initiated during Wexler's 2005 fellowship at the American Academy in Rome,
uses images to reduce the complexity
of the built world into essential elements that are abstract and
iconic.
In Camnitzer's oeuvre, Bricks is a departure from his
text - based works
of the 60s,
using photographic rather than linguistic signs as tools to alter meaning; subsequent photographic works from the mid-1970s are among the artist's most
iconic.