A book about the shadow side of writing, with asemic art by Mirtha Dermisache, Jean Dubuffet, Brion Gysin, Susan Hiller, Henri Michaux and more
Looking at the rich tradition of art, from the early 20th century to the present, in which writing sheds its communicative function and pursues the inarticulable,åÊWriting by DrawingåÊexplores the fertile tension between the semantic and the uncharted territory of automatism, mark-making and scribbles‰ۥthe ‰ÛÏasemic.‰
Artists include: Douglas Abdell, Vincenzo Accame, Rosaire Appel, Tchello d‰۪Barros, Gianfranco Baruchello, Tomaso Binga, Irma Blank, Nick Blinko, Alighiero Boetti, Marcia Brauer, Fr̩d̩ric Bruly Bouabr̩, Elijah Burgher, Axel Calatayud, Gaston Chaissac, Laura Cingolani, Guy de Cointet, AloÌøse Corbaz, Dadamaino, Betty Danon, Hanne Darboven, Michel Dave, Michael Dean, Mirtha Dermisache, Emmanuel Derriennic, Jean Dubuffet, Giordano Falzoni, LeÌ_n Ferrari, Chiara Fumai, Pepe GaitÌÁn, Jill Galli̩ni, Ryan Gander, Anne-Marie Gbindoun, Marco Giovenale, Rafael GonzÌÁlez, Giorgio Griffa, Mariangela Guatteri, Gustav, Elisabetta Gut, Brion Gysin, Ana Hatherly, Emma Hauck, Takanori Herai, Joseph Heuer, Susan Hiller, Steffani Jemison, Carlo Keshishian, Henri Michaux, Miriam Midley, Bruno Munari and more.
