ARTISTS / THOMAS LOVEDAY

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Listening to the tone of so many voices without really listening, I heard another meaning than the prosaic, conscious "text" whose meaning we imagine we have control of when speaking. A mother comforting a frightened child became as clear as day; a nervous lover's impatience; trivial gossip all appeared in the expressive sounds of voices whose words I could not grasp. In my half sleeping state, meaning seemed as clear as day and shocked me so that I jumped awake.

Textworks by Tom Loveday is an exploration of the underlying surfaces of words, syllables and letters in art, literature and popular media using the rigorous methods of hard-edge painting and assemblage.
Language, alienation and the visual world provide a critical core for Textworks by Tom Loveday.
Installed in a grid layout, Textworks by Tom Loveday is a visual essay about the values attached to language through style.