The Word is Art
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The Word is Art: Book Launch
October 17, 2018 The Word is Art celebrated it's publication with a launch event hosted by Blaine|Southern. 
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The Book of the Word
Helsinki Contemporary June 9 - July 2, 2017 The Book of the Word at Helsinki Contemporary acts as the beginning of a series of exhibitions, taking Michael Petry's The Word is Art as their focus. There have been claims regarding the death of the book, how words in a particular form are losing their value in commercial terms. Models of marketing words are coming into the real world of publishing be it how to sell a newspaper or read a book on an electronic device. The Book of the WORD looks at text as a form of art and asks how is it different from poetry. Can the poetic be visual art or is it merely a catchphrase? Can the artworks in the exhibition extend further from mere clickbating or copywriting? Artists featured in the exhibition are Colin Booth (UK), Maria Chevska (UK), Nathan Coley (UK), Paul Coombs (UK), Elizabeth Croft (UK/NO), Mark Flood (USA), Lukas Göthman (SE), Nicky Hirst (UK), Joseph Imhauser (USA), Jukka Korkeila (FI), Liliane Lijn (USA), Christina Mitrentse (UK), Robert Montgomery (UK), Bryan Mulvihill (CA), Harvey Opgenorth (USA), Michael Petry (USA), Pilvi Takala (FI) and Gavin Turk (UK). Helsinki Contemporary Download the catalogue (PDF) |
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