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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Chère amie

De face, 2 faces

Just the way you are

Too much love will kill you

016 Nr. 2, 2018 (Abstract painting)

042 o.T. (Heib) (Abstract painting)

022 o.T. (Abstract painting)

Nuria Candela

Untitled

White Elephant

Fire Extinguisher

Grace Kelly (Triptyque)

Kindness

Enjoy each Moment

Art Will Save The World

Jus de cola versé sur carton jauni image ici, les races du monde mises et vues aux couleurs d’arc-en-ciel

It's all your Fault

Rien de rien

Les yeux revolver

Je reviens te chercher

Pas là

This print wished you would take him off the wall and carry him gently in your arms

Witness my Joy

Alerte a la bombe

Parc fermé

La minute de silence

I will try

C’est bon que tu sois là

Sad song

Don't look back in anger

Même la morale

C'est écrit !

S'auras tu vivre le plus mauvais (Diptyque)

Eros et Thanatos au bistro

Et l'on n'y peut rien

Désolé pour hier soir

Stink

Untitled

Untitled III

2003 Untitled 6

2003 Untitled 5

2003 Untitled 4

Untitled 3

Untitled 2

2003 Untitled 1

Untitled 1 (grey/brown)

Double grid 4

Untitled 2

Untitled 1

Untitled 1

Untitled (B2)

BP02, WISHTHEMCOMETRUE (Abstract painting)

BP09, SEEWHATYOULOOKAT (Abstract painting)

BP13, PARANOIASTARCLUB (Abstract painting)

BP37, INEXISTENTEIDEEN (Abstract painting)

Untitled 1

Untitled 2, 2020 (Abstract painting)

O1A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)

O2A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)

O3A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)

O5A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)

O6A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)

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Wine

I hate human beings

Do not fuck about with it