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Spring Lines: Contemporary Calligraphy From East and West

Spring Lines: Contemporary Calligraphy From East and West

The Edward Johnston Foundation, London

6th Feb – 1st Mar 2002

The exhibition was held at The Prince’s Foundation and organised by The Edward Johnston Foundation in association with the Ditchling Museum, with Ali Omar Ermes’ artwork featuring in this exhibition. It includes “work by twenty of today’s most innovative lettering artists. It stretches the boundaries of calligraphy today in ways which are both visually stunning and immensely thought-provoking.”

The Edward Johnston Foundation.



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