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Xu Bing, Ed Pien and Gu Xiong: Lost and Found in Translation
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Mahon, Patrick – Visible Language, 2008
The works of contemporary artists Xu Bing, Ed Pien and Gu Xiong are involved in bringing to light some of the factors inherent in social, cultural and linguistic translation. In doing so, each artist is also engaged in the nuanced activity of moving between historical and contemporary aesthetic strategies in order to interrogate the way meaning is…
Descriptors: Translation, Linguistics, Artists, Aesthetics
Mexican Visual Poetry.
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Espinosa, Cesar – Visible Language, 1993
Presents a discussion of visual poetry in Mexico and six examples of visual poetry. (RS)
Descriptors: Art Products, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Poetry
Brazilian Visual Poetry.
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Menezes, Philadelpho – Visible Language, 1993
Presents a discussion of visual poetry in Brazil and 14 examples of visual poetry. Includes 11 selected resources arranged by date and brief biographies of the 14 visual poets. (RS)
Descriptors: Art History, Art Products, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Cuban Visual Poetry.
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Gutierrez, Pedro Juan – Visible Language, 1993
Presents a discussion of the history of visual poetry in Cuba and nine examples of visual poetry. (RS)
Descriptors: Art History, Art Products, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Italian Visual Poetry.
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Minarelli, Enzo – Visible Language, 1993
Presents a discussion of visual poetry in Italy and eight examples of visual poetry. Includes 18 selected resources arranged by date. (RS)
Descriptors: Art History, Art Products, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Portuguese Visual Poetry.
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Aguiar, Fernando – Visible Language, 1993
Presents a discussion of visual poetry in Portugal and 18 examples of visual poetry. Includes 24 selected resources and brief biographies of five Portuguese visual poets. (RS)
Descriptors: Art History, Art Products, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Uruguayan Visual Poetry.
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Padin, Clemette – Visible Language, 1993
Presents a discussion of visual poetry in Uruguay and eight examples of visual poetry. Includes 27 selected resources and brief biographies of 9 Uruguayan visual poets. (RS)
Descriptors: Art History, Art Products, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Visual Poetry from the United States.
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Polkinhorn, Harry – Visible Language, 1993
Presents a discussion of visual poetry in the United States and 10 examples of visual poetry. Includes 10 selected resources. (RS)
Descriptors: Art History, Art Products, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Some Oriental Pseudo-Inscriptions in Renaissance Art.
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Barasch, Moshe – Visible Language, 1989
Identifies two major groups of pseudoinscriptions: distinguished inscriptions which do not convey text but appear to be real things; and proper pseudoinscriptions which may have clearly delineated individual letters that taken together make no sense. Identifies Venice and the Netherlands as centers of Arabic and Hebrew pseudoinscriptions in the…
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art History, Art Products, Foreign Countries
Verbal and Visual Translation of Mayakovsky's and Lissitsky's "For Reading Out Loud."
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Lange, Martha Scotford – Visible Language, 1988
Explores difficulties in translating and understanding visual poetry created by a linguistically different culture. Provides historical context and analyzes the design process of El Lissitzky's typographic presentation of Vladimir Mayakovsky's poems. Transposes the visual wordplays found in the original Cyrillic typography into the Roman alphabet.…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Creative Expression, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences