Visual Poetics: Art and the Word
April 25 – November 16, 2003
Plaza Level Gallery
Visual Poetics: Art and the Word presents fifty-six
works by an international roster of artists, focusing
on the interaction
of words and image. The exhibition is a richly varied display,
involving several languages and many media, from small, intimate
artists’ books, to large expressionistic paintings. Some
artists pair text with image, while others employ words as
compositional devices. In many cases language is the image
itself. Visual Poetics explores three main themes—language
as form, language and politics, and language that imbues a
work with psychological content.
The exhibition features works
by such artists as José Bedia, Jenny Holzer, Michel
Majerus, Stéphane Mallarmé, André Masson,
Rivane Neuenschwander, Tom Phillips, Ed Ruscha, Carrie Mae
Weems, and Christopher Wool. The works are drawn from MAM's
permanent holdings and from private collections, including
the internationally renowned Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive
of Concrete and Visual Poetry.
- press release
- gallery notes
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Organized by Miami Art
Museum and supported by Miami Art Museum's Annual Exhibition
Fund. Curated by MAM Associate Curator, Cheryl Hartup.
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