John Baldessari | Kristin Bauer | Greg Colson | Ginny Cook
Robert Dean | Alexandra Grant | Bettina Hubby | Steve Hurd
Marion Jungeblut | Cecilia Miniucchi | Laura Parker | Ed Ruscha
Susan Silton | Allen Tombello | Lawrence Weiner | Augusta Wood | Jody Zellen
CMay Gallery is pleased to present Text Show, a group exhibition featuring artists who use text as part of their visual language.
Curated by Carl Berg, the exhibition is a follow-up to a show he organized in 1998 titled “Text and Numbers” at the Remba Gallery in West Hollywood.
The exhibition includes four of the original artists, Greg Colson, Steve Hurd, Ed Ruscha and Jody Zellen and thirteen newcomers to the show: John Baldessari, Kristin Bauer, Ginny Cook, Robert Dean, Alexandra Grant, Bettina Hubby, Marion Jungeblut, Cecilia Miniucchi, Laura Parker, Susan Silton, Allen Tombello, Lawrence Weiner and Augusta Wood.
Text continues to be an important form of art making and since the first show, twenty two years ago, several new artists have come to the forefront whose interesting work represents a stimulating addition to the original show.
Most of the artists are LA-based with the exception of Kristin Bauer, Marion Jungeblut and Lawrence Weiner whose work fully fits into the tradition of text-based art. They belong to different generations and survey a broad range of interpretations of the subject.
Los Angeles had been a mainstay for “Text Art” for many decades and continues as an important form of visual expression. The use of text in art is worldwide but Los Angeles has a very specific connection to language and the visual form through its own historical connection to cinema. Words and images are therefore rooted in the LA psyche making this exhibition the perfect fit be held in this city.
The show focuses on the relationship of text and image and on how each artist blends them into their interpretation of the subject. Works in diverse media including printmaking, photography, painting, collage and sculpture are featured in the exhibition showing once more the current trend of this art form.
