MoMA: 'tangled alphabets' león ferrari and mira schendel

untitled work from the graphic objects series by mira schendel, 1972

tangled alphabets’ león ferrari and mira schendel MoMA, new york april 5 – june 15, 2009

the museum of modern art in new york is currently showing an ‘tangled alphabets’ which juxtaposes the work of argentinian artist león ferrari and the late swiss/brazilian artist mira schendel. their works address language as a major visual subject matter: the visual body of language, the embodiment of voices as words and gestures, and language as a metaphor of the worldly aspect of human existence through the eloquence of naming and writing.

‘planet’ by león ferrari 1979

untitled work from the graphic objects series by mira schendel, 1972

(left) ‘P4CR’ by león ferrari 1979 (right) ‘letter to a general’ by león ferrari 1963more works from the exhibition along with information on the artists can be found here, while the new york times has published a review of the show here.