SIGNS

- language of art -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naohiko Watanabe

1. JULY 1996

 

CONTENTS

 

Preface     ……………………………………3

 

1.    SIGNS AND CONTEXTS

1.Visual communication………………..5

2. Art and context………………………..7

3.Jenny Holzer……………………………8

 

2.    BODY AND GAZE

1.    The gaze…………………………………..10

2.    The invisible body……………………..11

 

3.    TIME AND INDEX

1.    Texts of Jenny Holzer………………….14

2.    Index………………………………….15

3.    Time lag………………………………16

4.    New subject…………………………18

 

Epilogue: Virtual reality………………20

 

Notes…………………………………………..21

 

Bibliography…………………………………..23

 

 

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