Day #13 - Art for Lent: Doug Argue's "Genesis" #Lent2016
ART + RELIGION
By Aaron Rosen
Following his signature process, [Doug) Argue began by breaking the English test of Genesis into a jumple of letters, then distorting each one on a computer: Next, he turned the contorted letters into stencils and transfered them to canvas. He comments, 'What's important to me is the flux of language...and letteras metaphors for molecules, atoms, and chromosomes -- providing a system of combining and recombining with almost infinite variation, while providing continuity in the evolution of the universe, life, and language.' [page 36]
Lent is the annual Christian preparation for Easter. "Today's Art for Lent2016" features artworks that illustrate the Christian "Battle between Carnival and Lent."
By Aaron Rosen
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| Genesis (scale), 2009, oil on canvas, 160 x 230 in. |
Lent is the annual Christian preparation for Easter. "Today's Art for Lent2016" features artworks that illustrate the Christian "Battle between Carnival and Lent."
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