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Simon Johnston, 199912 pages, offset newsprintedition of 750 “Typically in language the referent refers to an outside object: the word ‘dog’ refers to the hairy quadruped. But here the referent refers only to itself, the word observed, in each instance. In semiotic terms the signifier collapses into the signified, and we are left with the pure visual presence of language—a mesmerizing black hole of language.” —Tom Perdue dimensions: 17 x 23 in.ISBN: 987-0-9972372-3-8 Show more