In Thinking, from Wordswordswords

In Thinking, from Wordswordswords

Edwin SchlossbergWW-1967-085948
1967·Letterpress in black on two sheets of coated white wove paper·Image: 15.1 × 17.8 cm (6 × 7 1/16 in.); Top sheet: 28 × 4.9 cm (11 1/16 × 1 15/16 in.); Lower sheet: 28 × 21.7 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

<p>Characterized as an author, painter, poet, philosopher, gamesman, scientist, inventor, and teacher, Edwin Schlossberg saw his life’s work as getting people to think for themselves. In <em>Wordswordswords</em>, he deliberately ignored some of the basic rules of printing in order to make reading a physical act. <em>Wordswordswords</em> is a virtual “what not to do” in printmaking: misalignment, misspelling, reversals, accidental masking, creased paper, blind embossing, and fragmented letters. Of this piece Schlossberg said, “I hope they see the words, and then I hope they see themselves.”</p>

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Year
1967
Dimensions
Image: 15.1 × 17.8 cm (6 × 7 1/16 in.); Top sheet: 28 × 4.9 cm (11 1/16 × 1 15/16 in.); Lower sheet: 28 × 21.7 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

Artist

Edwin Schlossberg
Edwin Schlossberg

Printmaking

Edwin Schlossberg is an American designer and artist working across installation, interactive media, and environmental design since the 1970s. His practice integrates graphic design, spatial experience, and information systems to create immersive environments that engage visitors as active participants rather than passive viewers. Operating at the intersection of art, architecture, and technology, Schlossberg has developed a distinctive approach to museum and public space design that prioritizes narrative clarity and sensory engagement.

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Year
1967
Dimensions
Image: 15.1 × 17.8 cm (6 × 7 1/16 in.); Top sheet: 28 × 4.9 cm (11 1/16 × 1 15/16 in.); Lower sheet: 28 × 21.7 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1967-085948

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Source
aic
Status
verified

Artist

Edwin Schlossberg

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