Growth Of Language

Growth of Language was my contribution to an edition of one hundred multiple artworks by several artists for an Artbox collaboration called Memes.  Memes was conceived of by Barry Nicols, co-ordinated by him with Maura Wallace. Label Design was by Neil Tidd. 

The box was an Edition of 100 that were sold through bookshops and other venues.

Contributing Artists:

Mark Brown	Origami Republika
Lester Faulkner	Malcolm Pollard
Alister Fruish	Daniel Powell
Ben Gillespie	Linda Sgoluppi
Nulia Manning	Ian Todd
Barry Nicols/Action concret	Maura Wallace

 

Extracts From The Catalogue for Memes: Linda Sgoluppi:

Each of the hundred works in the "Growth Of Language" edition consists of a fragment from a dilapidated book I found in a second-hand bookshop in Barcelona. Published in 1912 it contained ‘Elementary Lessons in Logic’.

The test tubes contain logic in both a physical and non-physical way. I liked the idea of ideas surrounding universal language over the span of time from the publication of the book up to today. It was also a metaphor for growth of my art language.