Wire–Dot Dash


Wire, Dot Dash, 7″ record cover

Intensified by its morse code choruses, punk band Wire’s 2nd single Dot Dash carries the discomfiting image of an aircraft getting lost in bad weather, losing sight of city lights below.

Mist closing in, getting thickerOne drops out, becoming quickerLights grow dim, they glimmerThe chances smaller, the odds are slimmer


Wire–Dot Dash 1, 2021, acrylic monoprint and paint on paper, 22″x24″ 

Wire–Dot Dash 2, 2021, acrylic monoprint, paint, and spray paint on paper, 22″x24″

Wire–Dot Dash 3, 2021, acrylic monoprint, paint, and spray paint on paper, 20″x24″

Wire–Dot Dash 4, 2021, acrylic monoprint, paint, and spray paint on paper, 22″x24″

Wire–Dot Dash 5, 2021, acrylic monoprint and paint on paper, 24″x24″

Wire–Dot Dash 6, 2021, acrylic monoprint and paint on paper, 24″x24″

Wire–Dot Dash 7, 2021, acrylic monoprint and paint on paper, 22″x24″

Wire–Dot Dash 8, 2021, acrylic monoprint, paint, and spray paint on paper, 24″x24″

Wire–Dot Dash 9, 2021, acrylic monoprint, paint, and spray paint on paper, 24″x23″