Focus Artists
TEXT & ASSEMBLAGE
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Semester 1
ARTISTS USING TEXT & ASSEMBLAGE
Text artists bring together art and wordplay in order to create art.
Text art can be incredibly compelling.
It can be visually beautiful and linguistically compelling at the same time.
This allows artists to give their art an even more interesting meaning that can be used to get the most out of work. It makes it possible for them to share a completely unique message.
Word artists are known for bringing together different art and art styles with words.
It is an exciting style of art that allows for some additional artistic expression.
Word Art is the most common name for this type of art.
However, many different kinds of art incorporate words or text, and not all of them comfortably hold the title ‘word art.’
Word art took off in the 1950s as part of the movement of postmodernism.
It has been seen as a reaction to abstract expressionism, incorporating hybrid models of expression that allow art to move on from abstraction without simply going back to impression or realism.
Contemporary artists are often influenced by graphic design.
Marcel Duchamp was one of the originators of postmodern art with his upturned urinal which became a piece of art in part due to his title “Fountain.”
Pop artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein also paved the way for everyday items to become the subject of serious art, especially the use of repetition to change the meaning of artworks.
The movement away from figurative art provided a new starting point not just from abstract art, but word art as well.
There are many more reasons why artists might use text with their works, but these are best explored by looking at the individual artists’ works themselves.
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