by Lisa Mikulski As a writer, I love the power of words but I will freely admit, there are times when the words we write, read and speak can seem like a minefield of misinterpretation or a source for derision. This has never been truer than in today’s social and political climate. “Words Bite,” now showing at Hallspace Gallery, is an exhibition focusing on the language we use and how we interpret what we hear, say and read. While the pieces in the show focus on text, gallery owner John Colan warned me that it’s not just about typography or graphic design. The show presents the work of four artists and designers: Walter Kopec, John Kramer, Tony Schwensen and Maggie Stark, who explore language using the mediums of, yes, graphic design, but also neon work, performance and video. Maggie Stark, a sculptor who works with light, glass and video, discussed her piece, Boomerang: … [Read more...] about WORDS BITE AT HALLSPACE GALLERY
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Cornered! Cecil Touchon’s Typography Art
Cecil Touchon fits into a lot of categories, but would you expect anything else from the founder of the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction. Three works from his “Post Dogmatist Painting” series will be on view through October 4 at Lanoue Fine Art, 450 Harrison Ave. #31, Boston. Artscope managing editor Brian Goslow “Cornered” Touchon by phone at his new studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. TELL ME ABOUT THE WORK THAT’LL BE ON DISPLAY AT LANOUE FINE ART. These three particular paintings that I’m sending up right now, which the gallery selected out of about 10 that were available, happened to all have an underlayment of paper from antique 1880s Webster Dictionary pages. That’s not particularly important, because it could be any paper, but since my work, at the moment, is based completely on typography using pre-existing type faces, then chopping those up and … [Read more...] about Cornered! Cecil Touchon’s Typography Art