Author Archives: jolanta

Jenny Holzer, like many young artists in the late 70s, early 80s, began her career pasting anonymous offset posters on building walls, garbage can covers, postal boxes, and fences around New York City. Truisms (1977-79), her very first public work consisted of 257 alphabetized statements printed in bold italic lists, culled and condensed from her […]

When I look at the work of calligrapher, poet, and painter Bada Shanren (Chinese, 1625-1705), I can easily get a sense of the storytelling ability of the great calligrapher. But Shanren’s use of the painted image told the story for a Westerner like me, who was not getting a feel for his writing ability because […]