Peter Hutchinson: Language as Living Organism
Peter Hutchinson's work plays with language and its pitfalls. The humor of this Englishman, based in the United States for over twenty years, has erected a monument to the 'letter,' which in his mind has become a living entity, as Peter Greenaway might have conceived. This great gardener of mountains and planets nurtures the secret dream of seeing the letter proliferate on a galactic scale.
Key facts
- Peter Hutchinson is an English artist based in the United States for over twenty years.
- His work engages with language and its traps.
- He treats the letter as a living entity.
- His humor is compared to that of Peter Greenaway.
- He is described as a gardener of mountains and planets.
- He dreams of letters proliferating across a galaxy.
- The article was published in artpress in July 1986.
- The title translates to 'Peter Hutchinson: On the Growth of Words and Their Use.'
Entities
Artists
- Peter Hutchinson
- Peter Greenaway
Institutions
- artpress
Locations
- United States
Sources
- artpress —