Text Message

16 September 2017 — 12 November 2017

The writing is on the wall in Oeno Gallery's Text Message, an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and prints that incorporate letters, words and hand written script. As both visual imagery and language, words in artwork give powerful direction to thought. While text in art is not new - think of illuminated letters in medieval manuscripts - the use of language in 20th century art, in Dadaist, Surrealist or Pop art, forced viewers to ask themselves "what is art?" There is tension between reading and seeing a work of art. How this tension is used is integral to the artist's visual message.

Text Message

Artwork

  • Old metal type, welded together to form the head of this oversized bust, is cast in bronze and perched on a bronze pyramidal base.
    Calligraphy Dale Dunning $9,500
  • Calligraphic lines visible, almost forensically, through a burnished pool of layered bronze-orange acrylic continue in a secretive glyphic a…
    Scripting Alice Teichert $6,400
  • In this haunting print Charles Pachter’s drawing accompanies Margaret Atwood’s opus book of poetry, “The Journals of Susanna Moodie” that re…
    The Double Voice Charles Pachter $2,000
  • In brilliant, bright colours Charles Pachter pays homage to his long-time friend, the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood.
    It Was Fascination I Know 5/10 Charles Pachter $9,500
  • For Heather Hietala, the vessel is a muse—a symbol of change, life’s journey and solitude.
    Conversing Heather Allen Hietala $1,650
  • Lines embossed and burnished with black pastel on a charcoal ground underline and intersect with a long cloud of silver leaf in this intimat…
    Why do I need to soften the tune Sold
  • Silver leaf over black pigment, some applied like a print with the palm of the artist's hand, float across the burnished picture plane of th…
    The days of summer move quickly Sold
  • The realistic image of a Versace runway model, obscured by layers of pigment, stands on dais of vintage 1911 newspaper advertising women's c…
    Versace (figure) Peter Hoffer Sold
  • Branch-like lines in black pastel on a burnished grey ground intersect with a cloud of silver leafin this intimate work on paper.
    So Fragile, So Light Sold
  • Lines embossed and burnished with black pastel on a charcoal ground underline and intersect with passages of silver leaf that track across t…
    For me, this is the path Sold
  • Two outcroppings of silver leaf on black pastel emerge from the bottom edge of the picture plane and appear to shoot black soot into the air…
    But there was laughter in his eyes Sold
  • Branch-like lines in black pastel on a burnished grey ground strike out from an outcropping of silver leaf in the lower right corner of this…
    And what was in that Sold
  • Narrow white verticals intersected with white squares, rise to meet a curve of white wood, textured with incised waves topped by a horizonta…
    Phoenician Edward Falkenberg, RCA Sold
  • Old metal type welded together to form a large enigmatic mask is cast in aluminum.
    Font II Dale Dunning Sold
  • Versions of the string game
    Cat's Cradle No 5 Rick Rivet Sold
  • This imposing sculptural piece is by the Canadian artist Edward Falkenberg.
    Sagrada Edward Falkenberg, RCA Sold
  • Five boat shapes and six paddle formations comprise this bas relief ceramic sculpture glazed in earth tones.
    Transitions Heather Allen Hietala Sold
  • An actual straw hand broom dipped in green floats at an angle beneath embossed words
    Our World Needs A Green Sweep Sold
  • A stack of vintage letters, stamped and worn by time are rendered in a skillful realism by Ciba Karisik.
    Scripsit Series No 04 Ciba Karisik Sold
  • Artist Susan Valyi ‘upcycles’ materials to create uniquely fun and intriguing figurative sculptures.
    Sentinel Susan Valyi Sold
  • This painting is an exceptional example of Teichert's 'text painting', wherein she creates her own and very original mark-making, reminiscen…
    Central Equation Alice Teichert Sold
  • While not quite photo realism, this painting has a high degree of realism in its depiction of lost communication.
    Scripsit Series No. 3 Ciba Karisik Sold
  • Story without Words XV.III
    Story without Words XV.III Sold
  • Story without Words XV.XXIV
    Story without Words XV.XXIV Sold
  • Ben Woolfitt has been a professional painter for over 30 years.
    You came to ask me about my future Sold
  • A rare and original illustrated boxed folio of The Journals of Susanna Moodie, arguably Margaret Atwood’s finest work of poetry.
    The Journals of Susanna Moodie XVIII/XX Handmade Charles Pachter Sold
  • Beautiful clay and glass wall sculpture by the talented American sculptor, Heather Allen Hietala.
    Holding On To Heather Allen Hietala Sold
  • Nie Jian Bing incorporates Chinese characters in the skilled close up depiction of the face of the goddess from Botticelli's 1486 painting T…
    Venus Nie Jian Bing Sold
  • Nie Jian Bing incorporates Chinese characters in the skilled close up depiction of the 1660 portrait of Infanta Margarita Teresa of Spain in…
    Infanta Margarita Nie Jian Bing Sold
  • From a lone figure, four arms protrude, broken or beseeching.
    Arteries and Nerves Betty Goodwin Sold