Penngrove, CA
Big Short Stories: Story 1
$900
lauriesz@vbbn.com
www.ensatinapress.com
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In my artwork the word is the image. The questions explored are many. When is a letterform only a shape? When does it become an image? When does a configuration of letterforms become readable as a word? How many words make a story? Can a story be a picture?
The shapes of letterforms are traditionally intended to be transparent when we read. In my work, letters retain their individual identities while also being part of a larger entity— a word. The visual tension created by the letterforms meets and reverberates with the conceptual meaning of the word. Words make stories. My stories have both visual form and cognitive meaning. They are short so that the image of the words can be perceived.
A word or words is/are chosen. Letters are placed in the bed of the press and played with as three-dimensional shapes. Cognitive meanings are disregarded. The composition arises as the shapes are manipulated. The letterforms are inked using oil-based paints or printing inks. Printing captures two-dimensional snapshots of shapes/letters/words in various configurations. New and old meanings, both visual and conceptual, collide, explode and coexist in the prints. Stories are born.Artist Biography
Laurie Justine Szujewska lives and works on Sonoma Mountain in Northern California. She has been a guest artist at the San Francisco Art Institute and taught typography at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She was an award-winning art director atAdobe Systems. Laurie’s work has been exhibited worldwide.
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