Tauba Auerbach is a contemporary artist who I thought was somewhat of interest in regards to our process drawing/all-over composition assignment. Her work explores language as both a communicative and visual system. Her drawings often consist of letters, yet they forcefully and purposely deny the viewer the ability to read them or comprehend the work's meaning solely from a linguistic standpoint. Despite having words or letters, the works are strongly visual before they are legible, if at all. That being said, they are all beautifully crafted - with beautiful results - despite their heavy conceptual aspects, which I think is related to the purpose of the process/all-over assignment and, really, that type of drawing in general.
One of my favorite of her works is "Alphabetized Bible," which is well, exactly what it sounds like. Though the words are scrambled, the book is still recognizable as a Bible. There is also a strange relationship between the lists of letters and prayer.
Here is a great article from "Art in America" about Auerbach. I also encourage you all to visit her website. Aside from being visually exciting, it is conceptually intriguing in its relationship to her work in the use of both language and design to communicate to the visitor and direct him or her around. There is a good inventory of her work on the website that I really encourage you all to look at because it is all really beautiful and thought-provoking. Some more of my personal favorites that I find especially compelling:
-Thirty Letters I
-Uppercase Insides
-Anagram I
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