"Uncontainable Circus" by Jeff Falk
(larger view: paperart_uncontainablecircus.jpg)
Jeff Falk, a local artist, has several piecers of his art work showing at a local Border's bookstore. This piece is titled "Uncontainable Circus".
On the left upper corner, there is a red paper strip with a very traditional Chinese phrase meaning "invite wealth, receive treasure", or loosely translated to "good fortune" on it:
招財進寶
It is very hard to judge the correctness on a piece of visual artwork. I would like to think it was not artist's linguistic ignorance, rather his intension to place the Chinese paper strip upside-down to serve an artistic purpose.
招 = recruit, invite
財 = wealth
進 = receive
寶 = treasure
posted by tian at
11:00 PM
2 Comments:
Maybe he just wanted a foreign, unreadable effect, since it's a collage. In that case he probably just used it for aesthetic reasons.
Jeff is one of the most interesting artists I have seen working in a long time. Wonderful work, great performances
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