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Exploring Text Art: Context, Scale, and Meaning in Contemporary Design

This piece explores the intricate relationship between text and art within various contexts. From Elise Deringer's anti-war expressions to commemorative graffiti in Jerusalem, text assumes diverse roles in public spaces around the globe. Analyze how artists like Maya Lin and Jenny Holzer use text to convey complex messages, often making their work simultaneously legible and elusive. It covers the significance of text as a form of expression, remembrance, and interaction, highlighting its permanence in tattoos and its transformative power in urban landscapes.

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Exploring Text Art: Context, Scale, and Meaning in Contemporary Design

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  1. SCALE & CONTEXT • is text art? • why is that? • why is that not? • when is that? • 3D DESIGN - FALL 09 • elise deringer

  2. text expresses a point of view anti-war, 2007

  3. anti-anti-war, 1967

  4. damascus, syria

  5. it also sells products holbrook, arizona

  6. “we love all bottoms” ad - cologne, germany

  7. levi’s ad - nyc

  8. berkeley, california

  9. prague, czech republic

  10. cappadocia, turkey

  11. hairspray on broadway, nyc

  12. text is often placed in specific locations to commemorate an event bangladesh

  13. commemorative chalk - nyc

  14. maya lin

  15. maya lin

  16. graffiti left by crusaders in old jerusalem, c1150 CE

  17. maya lin

  18. memorial commemorating the war between cyprus and northern cyprus - nicosia, cyprus

  19. some people just want to leave their mark

  20. bangladesh

  21. norman, oklahoma

  22. berlin wall fragment

  23. conveying information parking directions - perfectly legible for those going in the right direction; nonsense to those going the other way

  24. train station - berlin, germany

  25. belgrade, serbia

  26. stating the obvious - san francisco, california

  27. text tattoos are permanent reminders of values, affirmations, or experiences. affirmation tattoo

  28. vonnegut tattoo

  29. ouija board tattoo

  30. reminder tattoo

  31. sometimes text plays games

  32. how do artists use text?

  33. sometimes text is hard to understand, or doesn’t look like writing at all. ann hamilton - myein

  34. ann hamilton - myein

  35. hans haacke

  36. bruce nauman

  37. justice department, washington, d.c.

  38. journalism museum, washington, d.c.

  39. keith haring

  40. jenny holzer

  41. jenny holzer

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