About The Work
Stark’s practice centres on language, particularly the written word. Using drawing, collage, Powerpoints, video and performance, she articulates the ways in which the graphic display of language itself carries meaning, both personal and political, questioning perceptions of ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture and communication. Stark navigates broad themes from the practice of writing, to pedagogy, poetics, and procrastination.
Proposal for a Peace Poster started life as a post by Stark on Instagram, which she created in response to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and his heavy dependence on Twitter as a means to promote his specific brand of politics.
The edition, a two-colour silkscreen print with deboss elements, takes the Twitter logo of a stylised white dove on a sky-blue background as its departure point. To this, Stark has added the words ‘War’ and ‘Peace’, referencing Tolstoy’s great classic. Proposal for a Peace Poster is at once meditative and reactive, critiquing the socio-political climate in America under Trump, and the position of language in the age of social media.
Courtesy of ICA London
About Frances Stark
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Two-colour silkscreen with deboss elements
26.38 x 26.38 in
67.0 x 67.0 cm
Signed and numbered by the artist
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About The Work
Stark’s practice centres on language, particularly the written word. Using drawing, collage, Powerpoints, video and performance, she articulates the ways in which the graphic display of language itself carries meaning, both personal and political, questioning perceptions of ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture and communication. Stark navigates broad themes from the practice of writing, to pedagogy, poetics, and procrastination.
Proposal for a Peace Poster started life as a post by Stark on Instagram, which she created in response to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and his heavy dependence on Twitter as a means to promote his specific brand of politics.
The edition, a two-colour silkscreen print with deboss elements, takes the Twitter logo of a stylised white dove on a sky-blue background as its departure point. To this, Stark has added the words ‘War’ and ‘Peace’, referencing Tolstoy’s great classic. Proposal for a Peace Poster is at once meditative and reactive, critiquing the socio-political climate in America under Trump, and the position of language in the age of social media.
Courtesy of ICA London
About Frances Stark
From The Magazine
- News & Events: The Hammer & LACMA Just Acquired These 8 Artists
- Interviews & Features: "The Language Is On Fire and You Just Spit It Out": Massimiliano Gioni Interviews Raymond Pettibon
- Interviews & Features: 21 Artists to Watch This September
- News & Events: The Last Rodeo? See the Best Art of the (Possibly Final) Paramount Ranch, L.A.'s Wild-Westest Art Fair
- Interviews & Features: China Art Objects's Steve Hanson on the Wild, True History of L.A.'s Chinatown Art Scene
Published by ICA. Fabricated by Jealous Print. 3 Artist Proofs, 1 Printer's Proof.
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