Meaningful Typographies
The 15th-century invention of the moveable printing press by Johannes Gutenberg changed everything. Not only could words be published and distributed on a large scale but literacy would improve, news could be created and read and typography would evolve from decorative to functional to an important art form. Post-1919 Germany saw the establishment of the Bauhaus, later seeing the famous Sans-serif type define its aesthetic. Bauhaus artists like Herbert Bayer influenced Jan Tschichold, the man who created visual experiences on a subconscious level for all the book lovers, who could now see art in books, even while only observing letters. His most important work was Die Neue Typographie (The New Typography) published in 1928, as a masterpiece of modern typography and graphic design. This book standardized typographic practices with a set of rules and reflected a move towards a more universal communication style. Though adopted by artists like Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Barbara Kruger, it was Mike Edwards who pioneered contemporary Typographic art, creating word paintings and text portraits. In our own selection of works you will find the likes of Vikenti Komitski whose conceptual work uses typography whilst Maria Qamar demonstrates that words and their meaning carry weight, communicating her comics-inspired work to the world for everyone to understand.
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All you need is love
Yohan Storti
Painting - 50 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,788
Tu me manques pourtant tu es là
Yohan Storti
Painting - 75 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$1,788
Too much love will kill you
Yohan Storti
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$2,384
016 Nr. 2, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$1,623
042 o.T. (Heib) (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 29.7 x 24 cm Painting - 11.7 x 9.4 inch
$1,834
022 o.T. (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 30.2 x 20.3 cm Painting - 11.9 x 8 inch
$1,623
La peau d'une orange séchée paraissant être à la fois un pistolet et une gueule de chien
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.3 inch
$1,073
Untitled
Darryl McCray (Cornbread)
Painting - 51 x 40.5 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 15.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,431
Grace Kelly (Triptyque)
Yohan Storti
Painting - 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$4,769
Je reviens te chercher
Yohan Storti
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,431
Jus de cola versé sur carton jauni image ici, les races du monde mises et vues aux couleurs d’arc-en-ciel
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.9 inch
$1,311
This print wished you would take him off the wall and carry him gently in your arms
Laure Prouvost
Print - 60 x 45 cm Print - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
$1,431
Parc fermé
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 27.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11 x 0 inch
$596
La minute de silence
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$596
I will try
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$596
C’est bon que tu sois là
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$656
Don't look back in anger
Yohan Storti
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,431
S'auras tu vivre le plus mauvais (Diptyque)
Yohan Storti
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
$2,980
Eros et Thanatos au bistro
Yohan Storti
Painting - 130 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 37.4 x 1 inch
$3,576
Et l'on n'y peut rien
Yohan Storti
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,861
Désolé pour hier soir
Yohan Storti
Painting - 100 x 62 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 24.4 x 1 inch
$1,907
Live Each Day As If It Were Your First
David Shrigley
Print - 75 x 55 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 inch
$19,074
I will retrieve your phone from the Bottom of the Ocean
David Shrigley
Print - 75 x 55 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 inch
$6,199
Untitled 1 (grey/brown)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,669
BP02, WISHTHEMCOMETRUE (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 42 x 29.7 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 inch
$3,669
BP09, SEEWHATYOULOOKAT (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 42 x 29.7 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 inch
$3,669
BP13, PARANOIASTARCLUB (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 42 x 29.7 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 inch
$3,669
BP37, INEXISTENTEIDEEN (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 42 x 29.7 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 inch
$3,669
Untitled 2, 2020 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 55 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,374
O1A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,515
O2A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,515
O3A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,515
O5A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,515
O6A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,515
