
George Orwell
2024
60 x 72”, mixed media and photographs and 2,500+ vintage wooden letters hand-painted
George Orwell was a renowned English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His political views evolved throughout his life, moving from anarchism to democratic socialism. He was a strong critic of totalitarianism and fascism. This piece is constructed of 2,500 vintage letterpress blocks containing hidden words, over 100,000 hand-painted dots composing his portrait, and computer keys spelling out phrases from his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.