Friday 11 December 2009

Alphabet Blockers

Alphabet Blocks by Bob and Roberta Smith for the Tate

I find alphabet blocks strangely desirable. I could get some for Erbie but these wouldn’t really do, charming as they are, they only contain letters to make the statement ‘Make art not war’; which although carrying the right sentiment wouldn’t make for good standard educational alphabet learning, just random words such as Worm Karma or Kmart. 

1 comment:

urbanmumsLondon said...

very true, but they are lovely to look at. i love the tate modern bookshop...so many wonderful things!

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