The composition splits into two arguments that never quite meet: an upper diagonal, stopped short by a horizontal cross-stroke, and a lower huddle of numerals whose loops stay open rather than closing into legible digits. Osei-Boateng seems less interested in whether the numbers can be read than in what happens when writing and drawing are asked to share a page and refuse to specialise.
The composition splits into two arguments that never quite meet: an upper diagonal, stopped short by a horizontal cross-stroke, and a lower huddle of numerals whose loops stay open rather than closing into legible digits. Osei-Boateng seems less interested in whether the numbers can be read than in what happens when writing and drawing are asked to share a page and refuse to specialise.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery