Although the thing you're describing is visual in nature I'm wondering if
you're not actually referring to the phenomenon of "concrete poetry". See
http://infinityskitchen.com/blog/concrete-poetry/ for example.
best,
Georgina Lewis
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Bouchard, Karen
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> When I was a kid, people did this with typewriters!
>
> Karen at Brown Univ.
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> For the nerds among us, there is the subset of ASCII Art - creating
> images using characters available on a computer keyboard. For instance, here
> is Michelangelo's David: http://www.textfiles.com/art/david.art. Though
> some images were large and elaborate, possibly even converted from actual
> photos, much of the art was used in email signatues; these cows were very
> popular: http://www.instinct.org/cows/ascii-cows1.html.
> --Heather
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> *On Behalf Of *Chillman, Helen
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> Where is Sherman Clarke when we need him?
>
> Helen Chillman
>
> Yale University
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>
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> *On Behalf Of *SMHenderson
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>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I am not convinced that words like mosiac and collage should be co-opted
> for this specific sub-section of artwork that you are asking about. Here are
> my thoughts: I have studied Chinese painting and wish that I had written my
> thesis proving that the Chinese masters inspired the European
> impressionists. This work that you are describing feels like a modern take
> on impressionism, pointalism, and the like. Chuck Close was not the first
> person to create pixelated artwork (that's a way to describe it) - but he
> did inspire the commercial craze of creating images that are composed of
> smaller, individual images.
>
>
>
> Why create a word when you can just describe them that way?
>
>
>
> Please also check out the work of Ayakoh Furukawa. see the "Text Drawing"
> section of her website: http://www.ayakohfurukawa.net/ . This work is
> described by her galleries as text-based drawing.
>
> --
> Sara Henderson, Assistant Director
> Asian American Arts Centre
> 111 Norfolk St. NY, NY 10002
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> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Haines, Annette <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> In addition to Jill’s suggestions, perhaps the term mosaic?
>
> Annette Haines
> Art & Design Field Librarian
> University of Michigan
>
>
>
>
> On 1/21/10 11:15 AM, "Jill Timm" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I would call that a collage, or if all photos, a photo collage.
>
>
>
> Jill Timm
> Mystical Places Press
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> -----Original Message-----
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> I'm hoping that the collective wisdom of arlis colleagues will have an
> answer to this: I've been trying to find examples of images or drawings
> where the image, perhaps a face or figure, is made up of multiples of small
> images like letters, words, or figures, etc. Is there a term or label for
> such images? Or a more precise description for them? If you can point me to
> any examples, or names of artists (probably graphic artists in advertising
> or commercial art?), I would appreciate it. Kathy Zimon
>
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