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{The Beautiful and the True}
2016
Handpainted lettering
The Beautiful and the True comprises five quotations taken from the Preface and Introduction to John Ruskin’s seminal work ‘Modern Painters’. Each quote has been hand painted in the original Garamond typeface by a professional signwriter. By locating Ruskin’s quotes in the heart of an original Ruskin School, The Beautiful and the True will enable an echo of Ruskin’s original vision to reverberate through the ages and spark against current contemporary art practice and the work and endeavours of current art students.
Ruskin’s original work was something of a call to action and the quotes chosen will aim to capture his passion for the cause. Nevertheless, the work implicitly questions whether they are still important today, or merely anachronistic relics from a past era. Can we retrieve his vision and make it relevant again, and should we even attempt to do so?
Exhibited along the Ruskin Corridor, Cambridge School of Art as part of Art Language Location 2016
With thanks to Christin Clement from The Brushettes
Picture credit: Josh Murfitt (3rd image)
Handpainted lettering
The Beautiful and the True comprises five quotations taken from the Preface and Introduction to John Ruskin’s seminal work ‘Modern Painters’. Each quote has been hand painted in the original Garamond typeface by a professional signwriter. By locating Ruskin’s quotes in the heart of an original Ruskin School, The Beautiful and the True will enable an echo of Ruskin’s original vision to reverberate through the ages and spark against current contemporary art practice and the work and endeavours of current art students.
Ruskin’s original work was something of a call to action and the quotes chosen will aim to capture his passion for the cause. Nevertheless, the work implicitly questions whether they are still important today, or merely anachronistic relics from a past era. Can we retrieve his vision and make it relevant again, and should we even attempt to do so?
Exhibited along the Ruskin Corridor, Cambridge School of Art as part of Art Language Location 2016
With thanks to Christin Clement from The Brushettes
Picture credit: Josh Murfitt (3rd image)