Rational Abstract Art

                                           Letter Art          We will look now at two kinds of art made with letters --- text art then large letter art.  In them the appearance is primary-- that is, for its own sake -- and the message is absent or secondary.         For comparison, please recall that   in word art, seen previously, it is just the reverse, the message is primary and the appearance is secondary.                              Texts Used to make Patterns                                      Jose Vera Matos        The Peruvian artist Jose Vera Matos transcribes philosophical texts by hand. The texts discuss how colonia...

                                         Accessible Collage           To get started in a gradual fashion we will examine simple paper cut out shapes placed on a plain background. See first my own collage made with various sized black open squares of paper placed to overlap thus creating interesting negative-white spaces.                                     Next we have a black square with eruptions.              Think of an original black paper square that has curved cuts made into it on three sides. Then the curved pieces are expanded, that is, pulled out into the surrounding space. The effect is that of explosions or eruptions. ...