The WORD is Art, by Michael Petry, published Thames & Hudson, 2018
A fascinating global overview of how contemporary artists incorporate text and language into work that speaks to some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century. Looking at the work of a broad range of artists including Bruce Nauman, Julien Breton, Jeremy Deller, Tracey Emin, Jenny Holzer, Liliane Lijn, Shirin Neshat and many more, The Word is Art contends that in the digital age, words have become more important than ever.
Liliane Lijn’s text based works are featured, including moonmeme, 1992 in the section on Light and images of ABC Cone, 1965 in the Intro.
ISBN 978 0 500 239667
