The technique unleashed an immense range of seismographic marks, symbols, letters, word fragments and phrases that soon spread to the imposing two-sided works she called Graphic Objects. Here multiple sheets of rice paper dotted with regiments of little marks and letters, as well as big press type, are sandwiched between sheets of plexiglass. The disembodied, translucent patchworks and textures suggest different layers of sound caught on scrims — black on white, red on white and white on white.
This is an art show I have been waiting to see for a while. It closes on the 15th and I will be going this weekend.
I believe that Graphic Design does not need to be considered merely a beautification of a communication. We are supposed to be intelligent, good communicators, and have a visual understanding of information, but we are also supposed to be invisible, like a good film director or editor, or a good writer. The "I" in graphic design is supposed to be silent. This can be argued quite easily with the current trend of Rock-star Graphic Designers (such as http://www.sagmeister.com/index.html). But the impression I'm getting from many of my professors is that Graphic Design is a Trade not an Art; only famous graphic designers sign their names.
I believe graphic designers are primarily artists who happen to be expressing the communications of other's.
I believe that one does not need to be a Rock-star to have a graphic design Voice.
I believe that Communication Artists need to embrace their artistic side and their authorship potential, but also to see themselves as teachers; who know the historical lineage of the graphic arts.
Seeing art is essential in grasping your own vision, while gaining an understanding of past voices.
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