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January is Braille Literacy Month...A sampling of my Braille art
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2013, mixed media on canvas, 48 x 84 inches
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|  | | Transcribed from "Nevermore" by Paul Verlaine. Through my Braille works, I am interested in
the anthropologic quality of Braille, and considering metaphorical implications to human interaction. Delving into the essence of the system, where everything is pared down into subtle dots, I think of what it is like to possess perfect vision, yet the junction of one's philosophies and ideologies creates impairment. When we can't see beyond our own ideas, we accept them as sufficient.
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It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision. Helen Keller
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2012, half-round copper decorative nails, acrylic latex on panel, 36 x 108 inches. Collection of the Aloft Hotel/McKibbon Group, Asheville, NC
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| | | "The Travelers" is transcribed from 10 different quotes on traveling, personal journey and vision. Viewers are encouraged to interact and touch the Braille, adding their history to the art work.
On a very basic level, Braille reminds me of early hieroglyphics. This brings the original concept full circle – language as image.
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Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. Kofi Annan
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2011, hammered Braille on paper, 19.5 x 33 inches
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| | | Transcribed from "Compost - Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman.
Braille, as a cellular geometry and a system of exchanging ideas, bears a natural relationship with the grid. Within each are sets of connections, and absent these intersections, the bridge to spatial organization or thought association is altered – even interrupted.
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| Abstract Art, Modern Art |
| Kenn Kotara |
| Asheville, NC |
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