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VOX and the Centre de design de l'UQAM have joined forces to present a major exhibition on art and typography, especially developed by Angela Grauerholz and Robert Fones. Both artists have a longstanding interest in the history of type, in novel experimentation, as well as in art and design. Art + Typo (Art + Type) focuses on two disciplines primarily utilizing the mechanically reproducible form of letters, omnipresent in contemporary society through advertising, signage, posters, magazines and digital projections. While the exhibition spans various disciplines, its primary concern is on typography as a form-giving and expressive art. Art + Typo is fundamentally propelled by research, experimentation and a deep connection with language, materiality and diverse design forms.

The exhibited works represent diverse and significant art practices involving typography. They reflect the living character of letterforms underlying their variations, initially used by artists in the early 20th century and becoming integral in Futurism, Dada and Russian Constructivism. In the 1950s and 1960s, Pop Art saw another resurgence of type in art as artists integrated advertising and signage into their work. Conceptual Art, appropriating methodologies from non-art disciplines and utilizing literary, political and philosophical texts, played an influential role for the majority of the artists in the exhibition. The exhibition will also include a program of film screenings, built around the theme of the alphabet, for VOX’s youth cinema project.