Richard Niessen - A Hermetic Compendium Of Typographic Masonry Xavier Barral Barbara Visser

Barbara Visser

museums and art fairs

Green’s lyrical hand coloured portraits of young adults and images from the natural world sit beside her constructed photographs of domestic dysfunction and constructed narrative images dealing with childhood

poster-strewn interiors of shantytown dwellings and businesses in Cape Town

this dense and informative reader presents a large selection of essays which address the origins and purposes of the field

Richard Niessen - A Hermetic Compendium Of Typographic Masonry Xavier Barral Barbara VisserFor Dutch graphic designer Richard Niessen, the poster is a favourite means of expression. Posters dont simply hang on walls they can be piled up, cut out, turned around, or used as way finders or board games. Niessen freely constructs and deconstructs the visual environments, functions and codes inherent to the medium. This compendium of screen printed posters not only reflects his work, but can be seen as a set of clues to unravel his universe. The