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| Charles Demuth, "I saw the figure 5 in gold," 1928 (source). |
Demuth's title was taken from this poem by William Carlos Williams:
Among the rainand lightsI saw the figure 5in goldon a redfiretruckmovingtenseunheededto gong clangssiren howlsand wheels rumblingthrough the dark city
Recently at her blog Altered Book Lover, Elizabeth made a collage of very colorful numbers, which made me think of ways that numbers have been used in art works, not for their computational or symbolic value, but for their image. Pop artists and conceptual artists of the mid-20th century especially did this. I'm sharing my post with Elizabeth and the bloggers who get together at her blog each Monday and Tuesday.
Blog post by mae sander for mae food dot blog spot dot com.
J'adore cet article, et c'est une excellente idée de recenser quelques tentatives graphiques où interviennent des chiffres. Il y en a que je ne connaissais pas. Et le 7up est aussi comme une petite madeleine proustienne (hélas en plus sucré)
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ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting collection of art!
Have a great day!
Your posts are always so brilliant. Have a nice day.
ReplyDeleteVery cool - I think we never had 7up in Germany...?
ReplyDeleteLove this post! Your blog visit was such a nice surprise-thank you!
ReplyDeleteI love the art and all the connections you make!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post, Mae. I remember when I flew to Taiwan in 1983 I was asked on the plane whether I like a 7up and I had no idea what it was. We never had that in Germany.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy art with words and numbers. Great selection.
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Kate
a fun and interesting post, and I love how the numbers connected to art and T day!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed these examples Mae as numbers are so much fun to use on an art journal page. It's great to see other example where they are used also. I really like the number 5 poem too. Happy T day. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteLove your numbers post, and aren't you clever how you connected it to TSFT.
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If only I could make number art like those famous artists made. They are all wonderful. I know you focused on 7-up, but the entire post was wonderful. Thanks for sharing these and thanks for tying them back to the art I created earlier. It's also a perfect post for T this Tuesday, too.
ReplyDeleteMae, such an interesing post. Numbers have power. I especially like how they gave 7-up a persona saying it likes us. Super funny if you think about it. Great pictures! Hugz
ReplyDeleteI was racking my brain trying to think of a number Andy Warhol might have used, but I came up blank. Have I forgotten something obvious?
ReplyDelete@David -- The best Andy Warhol number I found was the "Chanel no. 5" image I used. His interest in advertising contributed to his use of logos, but I don't even think he used many number-logos.
ReplyDeleteNumbers are always fascinating, in math and in art. Happy T Day, Valerie
ReplyDeleteSo many 7-Ups! It's the 60s version I'm most familiar with. Happy T Tuesday
ReplyDeleteFun blog post. My mother adored Chanel No. 5. Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteFabulous and fun, loved seeing all the different number images 😀. Happy T Day wishes! Hugs Jo x
ReplyDeleteNumbers are fascinating. I always used to be fascinated by mathematics and lately I use numbers in scrapbooking and cardmaking and there are so many designs of numbers.
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember 7Up. Strange that we had that in Holland (where I grew up) but not in the neigboring country of Germany.
Happy T-Day,
Hugs,
Lisca
I love this, Mae. The example you shared are very clever, some even very beautiful. I have trouble telling certain numbers apart. The junction of 69E, 69W, 96E and 96W continues to baffle me and more than once I have chosen the wrong route on the highway and have had to back up. Someday when someone else is driving I will take a photo of it. I have trouble with 5 and 8, too. When I was a bookkeeper, I was stressed every day trying to make things add up and would take best 2 of 3 or 3 of 5. I'm very fond of the Jasper Johns and Charles Demuth images here.
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely array!
ReplyDeleteThis is great, I loved the history of the 7up logo. I think the green one is the best one, who know why they changed it. Happy T Day Elle/EOTC xx
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