Text Message: Words and Letters in Contemporary Craft
Text Message: Words and Letters in Contemporary Art includes works that use words, letters, and script to convey meaning. Tangible three-dimensional objects made of fiber, clay, polymer, paper, and metal along with two-dimensional works on paper underscore how contemporary artists recognize the power and complexity of the written word.
While the title of the exhibition plays on the popular digital form of communication, the pieces gathered here are tangible three-dimensional objects made of fiber, ceramic, polymer, paper, and metal as well as two-dimensional works on paper. All works featured are drawn from RAM鈥檚 collection. Letters and script are used as design and pattern elements as well as conveyors of meaning. Examples include teapots decorated with narrative scenes overlaid with accompanying text, contemporary prints that highlight letters from urban signage, and baskets accented with or formed by words and script.
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Text Message: Words and Letters in Contemporary Art includes works that use words, letters, and script to convey meaning. Tangible three-dimensional objects made of fiber, clay, polymer, paper, and metal along with two-dimensional works on paper underscore how contemporary artists recognize the power and complexity of the written word.
While the title of the exhibition plays on the popular digital form of communication, the pieces gathered here are tangible three-dimensional objects made of fiber, ceramic, polymer, paper, and metal as well as two-dimensional works on paper. All works featured are drawn from RAM鈥檚 collection. Letters and script are used as design and pattern elements as well as conveyors of meaning. Examples include teapots decorated with narrative scenes overlaid with accompanying text, contemporary prints that highlight letters from urban signage, and baskets accented with or formed by words and script.
Artists on show
- Joan Schulze
- Amos Kennedy
- Barbara Kruger
- Boris Bally
- Caroline Broadhead
- Charles Hobson
- Corita Kent
- Dalia Ramanauskas
- Donald Roller Wilson
- Donna Rosenthal
- Gugger Petter
- Hai-Chi Jihn
- Jack Earl
- James Lawton
- Jan Hopkins
- Jenny Holzer
- Jerry Berta
- JoAnna Poehlmann
- Joe Tilson
- John McQueen
- John Wilde
- Karen Aumann
- Kathleen Browne
- Magdalena Frimkess
- Mark Shapiro
- Masami Teraoka
- Matt Nolen
- Michael Cohen
- Michael Frimkess
- Michael James
- Paul Mathieu
- Paul Wonner
- Ralph Bacerra
- Richard Milette
- Robert Colescott
- Robert Cottingham
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Ronald King
- Rosita Johanson
- Shusaku Arakawa
- Stephen Freedman
- Teri Greeves
- Warrington Colescott
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