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manda Manitach is obsessed with
the written word, the immutability as
well as the immortality of them and traces
this love back to her childhood, being
the daughter of a charismatic Christian
minister who instilled in her the inherent
power of scripture.
“It was a desire to connect to people
universally through text,” says Manitach.
“Embedded within this practice was
the tradition of communal speaking in
tongues. An interest in the pliability and
power of language as both a symbolic
and concrete system underscores much
of my work.”
Manitach’s current exhibition at Winston
Wächter Fine Art in New York City consists
of a series of large-scale drawings depicting
phrases “drawn from poetry, personalAMANDA MANITACHConstellation of Expressions
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