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Tony Lewis

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Tony Lewis's *no* is a raw and reductive work rendered in pencil and graphite powder on paper, harnessing the tension between language and abstraction. The word itself becomes a visual and conceptual force, its letterforms dissolving into smudged, atmospheric fields of gray that blur the boundary between mark and meaning. Lewis transforms an act of refusal into a meditative exploration of how text operates as both image and gesture.

Medium
pencil, graphite powder on paper

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 15, 2015

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Tony Lewis, no

Tony Lewis's *no* is a raw and reductive work rendered in pencil and graphite powder on paper, harnessing the tension between language and abstraction. The word itself becomes a visual and conceptual force, its letterforms dissolving into smudged, atmospheric fields of gray that blur the boundary between mark and meaning. Lewis transforms an act of refusal into a meditative exploration of how text operates as both image and gesture.

Medium
pencil, graphite powder on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Abstract Art, Textural Work, Minimalist, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Emerging Artist, Contemporary Artist, Pencil Drawing, Graphite Medium, American Artist, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, Minimalist Art, Works on Paper, Monochromatic, Graphite Drawing, Text-Based Art, Minimalism

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