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Raymond Pettibon — No Title (I said go)
Raymond Pettibon

No Title (I said go)

2011

Raymond Pettibon's "No Title (I said go)" exemplifies his characteristic approach to layering text and image through mixed media on paper, combining graphite, pen, ink, gouache, and acrylic to create compositionally dense works. The piece demonstrates Pettibon's interest in the tension between linguistic and visual communication, with the imperative phrase "I said go" functioning as both narrative element and formal component within the drawing. His technique of accumulating gestural marks and declarative statements reflects his broader artistic practice of interrogating meaning through the collision of word and image.

Medium
graphite, pen, ink, gouache and acrylic on paper

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Raymond Pettibon, No Title (I said go), 2011

Raymond Pettibon's "No Title (I said go)" exemplifies his characteristic approach to layering text and image through mixed media on paper, combining graphite, pen, ink, gouache, and acrylic to create compositionally dense works. The piece demonstrates Pettibon's interest in the tension between linguistic and visual communication, with the imperative phrase "I said go" functioning as both narrative element and formal component within the drawing. His technique of accumulating gestural marks and declarative statements reflects his broader artistic practice of interrogating meaning through the collision of word and image.

Medium
graphite, pen, ink, gouache and acrylic on paper
Year
2011
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Transgressive, Ink And Collage, Punk Aesthetic, Figurative Drawing, American Artist, Raw And Energetic, Paper Works, Late 20th Century, Contemporary Art, Text-Based Art

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