Text in art

Text in art

"It _is_ a long tail, certainly," said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; "but why do you call it sad?" And she kept on puzzling about it while the Mouse was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was something like this:----"Fury said to a mouse, That he met in the house, `Let us both go to law: _I_ will prose- cute _you_.-- Come, I'll take no de- nial: We must have the trial; For really this morn- ing I've nothing to do.' Said the mouse to the cur, `Such a trial, dear sir. With no jury or judge, would be wast- ing our breath.' `I'll be judge, I'll be jury,' said cun- ning old Fury: `I'll try the whole cause, and con- demn you to death'."

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Chapter 3, “A Caucus Race and a Long Tale”

Rene Magritte, The Treachery of Images, oil on canvas, 63.5 cm x 93.98cm, 1928-29

Carl Andre, Untitled, 1960, typewriting on paper, 11 x 8 ½ inches (27.9 x 21.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Sally and Wynn Kramarsky

Mel Bochner, “2 (12″ x 12″),” 1997, wood engraving with embossment on handmade paper, eight sheets, 16 x 36 inches

Sol LeWitt, “W,” 1995, relief print on hand dyed, handmade Twinrocker paper, 9 x 12 1/2 inches. Published by Two Palms, New York.

John Baldessari, I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, Lithograph, 22 3/8” x 29 9/16”, 1971

Ed Ruscha, Hollywood is a Verb, Dry pigmnet on paper, 29” x 23”, 1983

Barbara Kruger, L&M Arts Los Angeles, installation shot, 2011

Jenny Holzer,Truisms

Steve Lambert, Everything You Want, Right Now!, 2009

Jasper Johns, 0 through 9, 1960, charcoal on paper, collection of the artist

Tauba Auerbach. The Whole Alphabet, From the Center Out, Digital, V. 2006. Gouache on paper on panel 30 x 22″ (76.2 x 55.9 cm). Private Collection © 2011 Tauba Auerbach.

Richard Prince,I Know a Guy,Acrylic on Canvas548 3/5 × 396 1/5 in2000

Andy Warhol, Dollar Signs, silkscreen on canvas, 1981

Roy Lichtenstein, Reflections: Art, 1988.

Banksy, Los Angeles, CA, 2010

Wayne White, Good Looking People Having Fun Without You, acrylic on thrift-store painting

Wendy White, 7 Monroe, Acrylic on canvas, PVC, 26 x 28 x 1 in, 2012

Mel Bochner, “Fucked-Up,” 2009. Oil on canvas, 60 x 45 inches. Courtesy Marc Selwyn Gallery.

Al Held, Siegfreid 1966, Acrylic on canvas, 114 x 192 inches

Cy Twombly, Untitled, oil-based house paint and crayon on canvas, 13’ 3 3/8” x 21’ 1/8”, 1970

Christopher Wool (installation shot)

Josh Smith, Untitled, oil on canvas, 152.4 x 121.9cm, 2006

You Go Girl

Blades Bojorquez, "Chaz Bojorquez, Señor Suerte tage with 'veterano/veterana' roll calls, Arroyo Seco River, Los Angeles" (1975) (image via MOCA LA)