WORDS MATTER, what’s said is important, and so are the artists and poets who bring new use and perspective to everyday words. This then, the word, is the guiding theme of ArtDesk 23. In honor of Ed Ruscha’s homecoming exhibition, titled Ed Ruscha: OKLA and opening at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center on February 18, 2021, ArtDesk delivers to you this twenty-four-page maximalist homage to the concrete word as the principal editorial driver of the issue.
If you get a moment, please email us your current favorite word, and why. We’d love to know what it is, and we’ll publish as many of your words as possible in the next issue. Today, mine is that ever-so-simple two-letter pronoun that, ideally, evokes the best interests of the group: we. We hope you like this issue of ArtDesk, and we look forward to hearing from you.