© Rylsee. Photo: Marc Macguire

Words As Art

In the beginning, was the tag. Long before the invention of the hashtag, letterings already formed the basis of street art and had a very similar function. Often difficult to decipher for untrained eyes, they are pseudonyms, mottos or battle cries. Many of the series on Artbits feature examples of this, but for this collection dedicated solely to words, we went specifically in search of great examples of art made from words.