Vernissage Exhibition

Language is a code. Language is also a visual medium. But unlike other forms of mark making, its meaning seems more fixed and tangible. The meaning of a particular word can pass through the hand, the machine, and a conversation relatively unscathed. But not always. How a word is written may not completely alter its meaning, but it certainly can change how it functions. My investigations with language call attention to the slippage that can occur when equally considering the aesthetics and the definition of text in the same frame.


This is some of my recent work highlighted in the MFA thesis exhibition Vernissage. I am using text a lot in my work now. The sculpture in the show did not employ text explicitly like the other three works, but the wording of the title is equally vital to how the viewer approaches the artwork.


Vernissage Exhibition Installation View (West)

















If the Artist (Fort Mason), Dimensions variable, Graphite, 2008

















If this line/If this margin; Dimensions variable; Available chair, acrylic; 2008
























AM #7; 49.75 x 139 x 3.5 inches; India & UltraChrome K3 ink on paper, hardware; 2008
















AM #7 (detail showing three central !!!)

















an attempt to get closer to you mixed with insecurity; Approximately 1.5 x 1.5 x 46.75 inches; 2x2 pine, red plastic tie, hardware; 2008























Vernissage Exhibition Installation View (East)





All images © 2008 David Wolf