Letters, Words & Sentences in the Collection of Donald Baechler
A thematic subset in the Collection of Donald Baechler is the use of words, letters and language in works of art. Many works in the collection contain words and sentences; some are humorous, some are subversive, and some are politically oriented. Examples include paintings by René Ricard, Ed Ruscha, Ricci Albenda, Christian Schumann, Albert Oehlen, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Wes Lang, Alighiero Boetti, Richard Nonas, Curtis Kulig, Kay Rosen, August Walla, Dustin Yellin, Fernando Pintado and Jorg Immendorf.