Carol Padberg, an assistant professor with the Painting and Drawing department has had her work printed and made available through 20x200. It is a project of Jen Bekman where they introduce limited editions of two new pieces of art each week. The whole concept revolves around the internet and making art affordable. Prensa 1 and Verlag 3 by Carol Padberg were selected last Marh and are seen above and available online. Carol shared some thoughts on her website about here work which can be read below.
During the last five years I have made work based on modernist fonts. Using the "modernist DNA" of typography fonts such as Bauhaus, Futura, and Helvetica, I create visual improvisations. I use fragments of found typography to take apart and put back together language. I have explored this subject in a variety of materials, including traditional painting media (encaustic and more recently polymer resins) as well as materials that extend the medium of painting (adhesive vinyl, flocking and metallic films in collage and large installations). Often I choose materials with which I can create a tension between the flat graphic voice of type and the fluidity of paint and handwriting.
