David Smith

the letter, 1950

Um dos poucos exemplos de escultura que eu conheço que remete a algum tipo de escrita. Outro exemplo são os trabalhos do Matias Goritz, mas são difíceis de encontrar.

Emilio Isgro

kairós

Francesco Cangiullo

pinturas futuristas do artista italiano Franceso Cangiullo

León Ferrari

Escritura, 1983
Pastel sobre aglomerado - 1222 x 138,5 cm
Acervo Pinacoteca do Estado

Este trabalho fez parte da exposição na Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, cujo catálogo ainda está disponível.

Artur Bispo do Rosário

No alto, o Manto da Apresentação, tecido por Bispo durante anos para que fosse sepultado com ele.

Bruce Nauman

Face-Mask, 1981-MOMA-NYC

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Basquiat teve uma mostra reunindo trabalhos em que as palavras são predominantes. Acima, a capa do catálogo, que tem um ensaio do curador Richard Marshall, e uma vista da exposição.








This excellent show concentrates on the cornerstones of Basquiat's art: language and a blocky, concise handwriting that amounts to a personal, almost digital typeface. The only images here are words, names, lists and phrases, often appropriated from odd places, like the index of a book on jazz or the title of a painting by Ter Borch. One nine-sheet work is simply a rewriting of the prolonged table of contents of "Moby-Dick," suggesting a kind of poem.

The exhibition presents paintings, drawings, and notebooks that feature only Basquiat's written words. The artist is well know for large, colorful works dense with gesture, collage, figures, symbols, and words; but this exhibition will be the first to exclusively feature Basquiat's unique and significant use of language. The exhibition will include works from the artist's entire career, dating from 1979 to 1988 (the year of his death).

For Jean-Michel Basquiat, the meaning of a word was not necessarily relevant to its usage because he employed words as abstract objects that can be seen as configurations of straight and curved lines that come together to form a visual pattern. Conversely, the artist also employed words and phrases that are loaded with meaning and reference, in particular those words related to racism, black history, and black musicians and athletes.

Basquiat's word paintings and drawings often appear to be a secret, coded language that the artist devised and left for the viewer to attempt to decipher. Basquiat acknowledged his manipulation of words, stating "I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them." However, Basquiat's casual, random manner is deceptive, because on closer inspection his choice of words often coalesce into intelligent, meaningful, and cohesive thoughts and subjects.

Peter Blake

'An Alphabet' is made up of 26 silkscreen prints, each signed and numbered by the artist, in an edition of 60 with 5 artist proofs. 10 sets of the prints available individually, the rest as portfolios presented in a buckram covered archive box. The screenprints were proofed and editioned in London by Coriander Studio and are printed on 300gsm Velin Arches paper.
(via Art Rabbit).

O Peter Blake é autor da capa do Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

François Dufrene

Letras compostas com a técnica da descolagem, que consiste em camadas de cartazes rasgados. A montagem permite ler "mot", "nu" e "mental" ou "monumental", uma referencia ao tamanho das letras.

Dimitri Bulatov

Alighiero Boetti

Barbara Kruger

Um site com imagens, biografias e informações foi feito por um fã. Alguns trabalhos aqui apresentados fazem parte da coleção do MoMA. Tem até um site que ironicamente ensina a fazer um design like barbara.

Julian Schnabel

Ignatius of Loyola, 1987

Ubirajara Ribeiro

Jour, 2001
Aquarela sobre cambraia de linho sobre madeira, 50x60 cm

Casa das Rosas, 1991
litogravura.
a segunda imagem foi pintada em aquarela sobre litogravura.

João Vieira

Lotus Lobo

Maculatura, 1970
150 x 170 cm

Da estamparia litográfica sobre folha de flanders, via Germina Literatura

Litogravura a partir de rótulos comerciais, da artista mineira Lotus Lobo.