Richard Artschwager: Question Mark

This signed, limited-edition lithograph by Richard Artschwager depicts a question mark rendered as a physical object. Floating on a plain white ground, the glyph’s fibrous, grassy texture suggests artificial turf, while its isolation leaves the viewer to ask what the implied question—about the structure of language, perhaps, or the purpose of art—might be. Combining the emphases and techniques of Conceptual art, Pop art, and Minimalism with a surreal sense of humor, Question Mark is consistent with Artschwager’s extensive use of synthetic materials as tools for the exploration of meaning.