Richard Wright

Untitled Figure 6

About this artwork

In this screenprint letters and white shapes have been playfully arranged onto a gridded background and the words ‘throats’ and ‘cold’ are just visible. Wright trained in typography and signwriting and often uses letters in his work which are devoid of content. Curator Alex Farquharson has said, ‘Meaning in Wright’s work is transmitted below language’s radar.’ This work is the sixth in a portfolio of six created for the ‘Gagosian Gallery Poster Edition’, published by Gagosian Gallery, London and printed by Karl-Heinz Neumann, Cologne. Each print was named ‘Untitled Figure’ and numbered from one to six. These prints were initially conceived as a series of posters to be pasted onto internal or external walls.

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Richard Wright

Richard Wright