Word pictures
7 Jul – 2 Oct 2012
Brook Andrew, Wiradjuri/Ngunnawal peoples, I see you, 2005, gift of the artist 2012, donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
About
A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes. Since the early 20th century when Picasso and Braque made their radical breakthrough with Cubism, there has been a flourishing of modern and contemporary art produced with text at its core. Alphabets with their infinite potential for words, the visual form of letters, the art of printmaking with its origins in typography and the artists’ book are some of the themes explored in this exhibition. Word Pictures is the National Gallery of Australia’s contribution to the National Year of Reading. This selection of surprising and often humorous works of art reveals the artists’ playful connections between our visual and written languages.
Related
William Robinson
A Retrospective
14 Dec 2001 – 10 Mar 2002
Seeing Red
The Art and Science of Infra-red Analysis
17 Nov 2001 – 10 Feb 2002
Silently Stirring
21 Mar 2009 – 8 Jun 2009
Transparent Things
Expressions in Glass
7 Dec 2001 – 10 Nov 2002
In the Spotlight
Anton Bruehl photographs 1920s–1950s
23 Oct 2010 – 6 Feb 2011
The Birth of the Modern Poster
10 Feb – 13 May 2007
Robert Rauschenberg
1967–1978
1 Sep 2007 – 27 Jan 2008
Joy Hester and Friends
1 Sep – 28 Oct 2001
4 Dec 2009 – 5 Apr 2010
Mud Men
Ramesh Nithiyendran
3 Jun 2016 – 26 Feb 2017
