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Open, Orb, Orifice, Donut, Globe, Hole, Whole, Halo, Zero

Open, Orb, Orifice, Donut, Globe, Hole, Whole, Halo, Zero

Kay Rosen Open, Orb, Orifice, Donut, Globe, Hole, Whole, Halo, Zero 1999 Fluorescent orange paint on wall

Edition of 10 for each word
Diameter size: 12 inches (30.5 cm)
Signed, dated, and numbered on certificate
(Inventory #32625)

OPEN, ORB ORIFICE, DONUT, GLOBE, HOLE, WHOLE, HALO, ZERO – The edition is designed to be a wall painting and comes in a kit, ready-to-paint. It reflects the artist’s interest in how letter forms inadvertently inform meaning. “O” forms a linguistic part of each word, while also single-handedly suggesting the meaning of the word through its shape (such as roundness through “orb,” or a void, as in “hole”) and through its sound (in seven of the nine words the O is long), In each word the letter O shares linguistic, visual, and audial functions.

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