Nooteboom (close up)

Text Cees Nooteboom: 'What we need are magicians, alchemists in command of the processes whereby the gold of one language is transmuted into the gold of another.' Dual text slate, the original Dutch text in a heavy sans serif carved letterform, the English translation interlinear in a specifically designed 'magic' style which is gilded after carving. Exhibited at The Ground Beneath Our Feet, Morley Gallery, London.