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A marching song in the shape of 10 "Dixie" cups 1966, published 1989

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Accession No.
1995.346
Date Created
1966, published 1989
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
International Art
Dimensions A
154.5 x 70.3cm
Edition
ed. 23/50
Media Category
Print
Secondary Media Category
screenprint
Medium
Screenprint on cloth
Credit Line
Gift of Francesco Conz through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 1995

Emmett Williams’s A marching song in the shape of 10 “Dixie” cups and Sense Sound 1955, published 1989, epitomise the aims of Concrete Poetry, in which text is arranged to invite the viewer’s active participation. The words and letters become sounds and syllables as well as forms and images. The practice of Lettrisme and Concrete Poetry extend the sensual range of text by producing an audible element — even if the words are spoken silently to oneself — in addition to their graphic or visual dimension.
 

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Works by Jeff Koons, Scott Redford and Damien Hirst installed for 'Multiple Choice', GOMA, July 2010 / Photograph: B Wagner, QAGOMA

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