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Lesley Dill"Listen (Dust is the Only Secret), " Mixed Media signed by Lesley Dill2006
2006
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"Listen (Dust is the Only Secret)" is an original lithograph with nylon string by Lesley Dill. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts the silhouette of a man constructed from repurposed paper that reads "Dust is the Only Secret." A blue plume emerges from behind the silhouette.
18" x 9 3/4" art
22 1/8" x 14 1/8" frame
Lesley Dill is one of the most prominent American artists working at the intersection of language and fine art. Her elegant sculptures, art installations, mixed-media photographs, and evocative performances draw from both her travels abroad and profound interests in spirituality and the world’s faith traditions. Exploring the power of words to cloak and reveal the psyche, Dill invests new meaning in the human form. Intellectually and aesthetical engaging, the core of her work emerges from an essential, visionary awareness of the world.
Fluid metaphors, appropriated from the poetry and writings of Emily Dickinson, Salvador Espriu, Tom Sleigh, Franz Kafka, and Rainer Maria Rilke, connect the diverse media that Dill employs. Paper, wire, horsehair, photography, foil, bronze, and music comprise elements through which the artist conveys the complexities of communication. The often secret, indecipherable, and bold meanings of words emerge not only from hearing their sounds, but by feeling them—language is a visceral, bodily experience. Dill challenges the viewer to confront our linguistic relationships as well as perceptions of language itself.
- Creator:Lesley Dill (1950, American)
- Creation Year:2006
- Dimensions:Height: 22.125 in (56.2 cm)Width: 14.125 in (35.88 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Milwaukee, WI
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