More Than Words: Text-Based Artworks II | SA

Ruiz-Healy Art is delighted to present More Than Words: Text-Based Artworks II at our San Antonio gallery
featuring works by Richard Armendariz, Nate Cassie, Andrés Ferrandis, Cisco Jímenez, Katie Pell, Ethel
Shipton, and Gary Sweeney. The exhibition will be viewable by appointment and will be made available online
on Wednesday, March 25th on Ruiz-Healy Art’s website and social media platforms.
From autobiographical narratives of an adventurous childhood exploring the forests of Delaware in Katie Pell’s
work to storylike carvings chronicling lush scenes of animals personified as literary figures in Ricky
Armendariz’s work, the use of text in the works of these seven artists range from subversive social commentary
to rapturous meditation. Text, a recurring hallmark throughout art history, demands we read the visual
composition of a painting or sculpture and interpret bits of language simultaneously. Text pulls the viewer in,
slowing them down to consider how the text and its imagery inform the other. Furthermore, the intentional use
of text in artwork can serve to disrupt our passive consumption of media, both digital and analog. In these
exhibitions, each artist creates work in undeniably unique styles and processes, all anchored together by the
written word, granting the viewer an additional clue with which to interpret the works.