Deep Signification

4 paintings on threshold legibility and the point between reading and looking.

The shapes and letter forms were decided by inducing states of visual distortion while looking at large signs.



  1. Untitled A-D (all: acrylic, emulsion & powder on canvas, 19.5 x 27.5″)
  2. Untitled A
  3. Untitled B
  4. Untitled C
  5. Untitled D


2018

  1. 1. Deep Signification Series, Matt Congdon, 2018 
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|       X X X --------|         |-------- X X X       |
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  4. 2. Untitied A, Matt Congdon, 2018
  5. 3. Untitied B, Matt Congdon, 2018
  6. 4. Untitied C, Matt Congdon, 2018
  7. 5. Untitied D, Matt Congdon, 2018 
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