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A lifetime
of obsessive philosophical inquiry primed Gausby for his artistic
endeavors, which he began after seeing an edition of Plato’s Symposium
illuminated by nineteenth century calligrapher and typographer
Edward Johnston. After teaching himself traditional medieval lettering
and illumination techniques, Gausby began to broaden his form--incorporating
fragments of sheet music, postcards, and patterned paper, among
other materials, into increasingly abstract collages. Much of
his recent work moves past the limits of text, using colored shapes
and page layout designs to communicate ideas beyond the words
that sparked his artistic process.
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