
Catalogue
- Year
- 1995
- Medium
- Acrylic paint on wall
- Dimensions
- Dimensions variable
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Kay Rosen
Artist

Printmaking
Kay Rosen is an American artist working primarily in text-based painting and wall installation since the 1970s. Her practice isolates language itself as material, deconstructing words, typographic systems, and the spatial conventions of how text appears on architectural surfaces. Using paint directly on walls and canvas, she reveals hidden meanings in homonyms, letter forms, and the gaps between spoken and written language. Her work operates at the intersection of conceptual art and formal abstraction, treating typography as both image and idea.
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More by Kay Rosen
Two Figures
2020 · Matte opaque red paint on white wove paper
Walls from 25 Years of FUN
2015 · Digital print on three sheets from a boxed set of eight editions and multiples in various mediums
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
2012 · Latex paint on wall
I'm. Going, I'm Going
1996 · Graphite on white wove paper
He Hems & He Haws
1994 · Graphite on white wove paper
Nine is a Four Letter Word
1991 · One from a portfolio of nine letter press prints
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Kay Rosen
- Year
- 1995
- Medium
- Acrylic paint on wall
- Dimensions
- Dimensions variable
- Watts ID
- WW-1995-110540
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





