William T. Wiley American, 1937-2021
Field of Dreams with Cluster Bombs, 2006
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
64 x 76 in
162.6 x 193 cm
162.6 x 193 cm
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For more than 50 years, the poet-philosopher Wiley has combined language and image, non-hierarchically, to address the most important social, political and environmental issues of the times. His visual vocabulary...
For more than 50 years, the poet-philosopher Wiley has combined language and image, non-hierarchically, to address the most important social, political and environmental issues of the times. His visual vocabulary of repeating motifs, combined with word play – running internal monologues, spiked with puns, double entendre and malapropism – is an open-ended investigation into the moral issues of today's global citizen.
In Field of Dreams with Cluster Bombs Wiley arranges common signs and symbols in an open web-like grid. These seemingly straight-forward images take on new meanings through their juxtaposition with other emblems and the language that surrounds them. The combinations both offer new perspectives and confuses their assumed meanings.
In Field of Dreams with Cluster Bombs Wiley arranges common signs and symbols in an open web-like grid. These seemingly straight-forward images take on new meanings through their juxtaposition with other emblems and the language that surrounds them. The combinations both offer new perspectives and confuses their assumed meanings.