Illegible

Contemporary works on paper play with language, legibility, and meaning with images that include writing, or forms that resemble writing, but which cannot be "read" conventionally. It includes works by artists who 1) created alphabets of symbols with secret meanings and explored markmaking inspired by scripts from other cultures, and 2) works by artists who used the formal qualities of familiar letters and words to create abstract works of art. Visitors will be encouraged to think about how we "read" images and create meaning.