AMERICAN TYPES in progress, Portland studio, 1995
AMERICAN TYPES series
Each canvas represents a detail from the 1941 edition of The Book of American Types, a type specimen catalog published annually by the American Type Foundry of Elizabeth, NJ. The typesetter for the catalog faced an unusual problem: not which font to use to showcase the words, but which words to use to showcase the font.
JOB/GIRL oil-based alkyd enamel screenprint on gessoed canvases, 60" x 28" x 1.5" and 40" x 18.5 x 1.5", 1995
Paintings in two sizes because language has no correct scale. It's opportunistic. It adapts & evolves.
AMERICAN TYPES blind emboss on French-folded pages with offset litho, case-bound 2-volume set, 1996
Books in two sizes to correspond to the paintings in two sizes.
AMERICAN TYPES 1996
AMERICAN TYPES 1996
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RIGID FRAME/DIRT HIGHWAYS enamel screenprint on gessoed canvas, 48" x 48" x 1.5", 1995
NICHE enamel screenprint on gessoed canvas, 53" x 32" x 1.5", 1995
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MENDING/RESOURCE enamel screenprint on gessoed canvas, 78" x 50" x 1.5", 1995
AUTOCRACY/COMPETITION enamel screenprint on gessoed canvas, 54" x 30" x 1.5", 1995