1. SCALE & CONTEXT is text art? why is that? why is that not? when is that? 3D DESIGN - FALL 09 elise deringer

2. anti-war, 2007 text expresses a point of view

3. anti-anti-war, 1967

5. damascus, syria

6. holbrook, arizona it also sells products

7. “we love all bottoms” ad - cologne, germany

8. levi’s ad - nyc

9. berkeley, california

10. prague, czech republic

11. cappadocia, turkey

12. hairspray on broadway, nyc

13. bangladesh text is often placed in specific locations to commemorate an event

14. commemorative chalk - nyc

15. maya lin

17. graffiti left by crusaders in old jerusalem, c1150 CE

18. maya lin

19. memorial commemorating the war between cyprus and northern cyprus - nicosia, cyprus

20. some people just want to leave their mark

21. banglades h

22. norman, oklahoma

24. berlin wall fragment

26. parking directions - perfectly legible for those going in the right direction; nonsense to those going the other way conveying information

27. train station - berlin, germany

28. belgrade, serbia

29. stating the obvious - san francisco, california

30. affirmation tattoo text tattoos are permanent reminders of values, affirmations, or experiences.

31. vonnegut tattoo

32. ouija board tattoo

33. reminder tattoo

34. sometimes text plays games

41. how do artists use text?

42. ann hamilton - myein sometimes text is hard to understand, or doesn’t look like writing at all.

43. ann hamilton - myein

44. hans haacke

45. bruce nauman

46. justice department, washington, d.c.

47. journalism museum, washington, d.c.

48. keith haring

49. jenny holzer

52. lauren marsden

54. robert indiana

55. current asu grad student nic wiesinger “the van that thought out loud”

56. merlin carpenter

57. bruce nauman

59. tracey emin - everyone I have ever slept with