Ella Sutherland, Character Study, 2020, pigment print on cotton rag in artist’s frame, edition of 12, 1220 x 900mm framed. Courtesy of the artist & Sumer, Tauranga.
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Ella Sutherland
Character Study
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Character Study
Edition of 12 + 3 APs (only 2 editions remaining)
2020
Archival pigment print on cotton rag, framed in a hand-lacquered frame in dove grey, with UV99 glass, by John Leech
1155 x 840mm print size; 1220 x 900mm framed
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NZ$2750
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Composed with fragments of serifs, arms, counters and strokes, Character Study holds the working parts of the painting series Letters. Collected togther in abstract formation, Character Study reflects on the intricacies of language, medieval illumination and vernacular design. Character Study underscores the shifting legibility of language, and the idea that letters at their most expansive are poetic instruments capable of generating movement, agency and furtive communication.
Ella Sutherland (b. 1987, Auckland) works across the fields of visual art, publishing and language. Sutherland utilizes printing, painting, and installation to analyse and activate complex reading systems across built and digital environments. Her most recent work has drawn on extensive research periods spent in specialist archives, through which she continues to explore the relationship between language and social history and the evolving role of technology in disseminating thought.
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