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Conveying a message using text without being didactic is indeed a challenge. The most successful artists working in this genre are able to use the written word with all its texture and varied meaning to help us see the world in... [more]

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LITERATURE
04.20.10
Curator's Corner: Triple Canopy #8: Hue and Cry
LITERATURE, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, MUSIC, PERFORMING ARTS, Theater, VISUAL ARTS, 20th-Century & Beyond, Media Art, Text Art
by Benjamin Gottlieb
Awaiting each new issue of the simply remarkable Triple Canopy is a pleasure matched only by each issue's arrival; that the content of each issue is unfurled over time, and does not come in one fell-swoop of intimidating new material to set oneself upon, only further adds to this pleasure, and lends the online magazine an inclusive quality rare to such monumental publications. Issue 8 began its unfurling some short time ago, and is still in the process of revealing new stories, articles, and multimedia works. This makes it an ideal time to join in the process of reading Triple Canopy: the completed earlier issues – that is, those that are no longer "unfurling" new material – do come across as more
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  • New Image by rossetto ink to Drawing, Text Art, 20th-Century & Beyond, VISUAL ARTS
    Portrait of a Lover
    This was one of the first "successful" word Drawing Studies created in 2001. If I recall correctly it was the first time I saw a definite figure inside the words. It was a portrait of the mother of my child, the "figure" on top I always considered a representation of me, a go ...
    over a 1 year ago
  • New Image by rossetto ink to Text Art, Drawing, 20th-Century & Beyond, VISUAL ARTS
    Over The Mountain
    This is my homage to both Robert Bateman and Ozzy Osbourne both of home influenced my life from a very young age. It is an Automatic Word Drawing a process in which words are written randomly in order to create compositions. For more information about Automatic Word Drawings ...
    over a 1 year ago
  • New Image by rossetto ink to Text Art, 20th-Century & Beyond, VISUAL ARTS
    Thumb Print Drawing
    Ink on Paper. This one of my most recent work it is a word drawings created with thumb prints for authentication utilized for the composition rather than keeping them hidden. for information about these or other works contact me at rossettoink @gmail.com.
    over a 1 year ago
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