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TEXTUALITY: An International Exhibit Exploring Works Which Incorporate Text or Letter Forms

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Posted by: Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
Deadline: Wed, June 13th, 2018

Not long after humanity began drawing, drawings evolved into writing. Pictures became symbols, abstraction blossomed, and language became visual. Two branches, sharing one root, carried forward people’s ideas, feelings, and plans. The visual and the verbal arts shared the role of encapsulating civilization’s data. And they continue to do so today, in so many wondrous and varied ways. TEXTUALITY is an exhibit that inquires into the overlap of these two branches, seeking examples of where the verbal is made visual, where language returns into image.

Manifest prepares for the grand finalé of its 14th season with a project intended to feature and explore works which incorporate text or letter forms. These may be in ways that are quite straightforward, or which are abstract, fragmented, or in other ways surprising or significantly processed away from recognition. We are eager to see just how artists make work in any media or genre (painting, drawing, collage, photography, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, video, and non-traditional art, etc.) using text or letter forms as a significant element. Manifest last explored this theme in 2012, during our 8th season.

ELIGIBILITY: TEXTUALITY is open to everyone. The only limitation is that entries must represent original works which address the broad theme as defined by ’text or letterforms’. 

MEDIA: Open to any and all traditional and non-traditional visual arts media. Including potentially boundary-testing forms that may exist as both artistic and yet non-art.

ANNUAL CASH AWARD: The Manifest Grand Jury Prize end-of-year award process will include at least one work from this exhibition moving on to the final jury for the $2,500 cash prize.

To view the full prospectus and to submit your work: http://www.manifestgallery.org/textuality/index.html

 

Posted on Mon, April 23rd, 2018
Expires on Wed, June 13th, 2018

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