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<\/a>Harland Miller Far Out 2022 \u2013 Courtesy of the artist and the Design Museum<\/p>\nMiller, celebrated for his blend of image, text and biting wit, is recognised as a major figure in contemporary art. The free display showing his works will span two locations within the museum, bringing together works from his ongoing Letter Painting series. Visitors will see how Miller applies the language of graphic design to fine art, using colour, typography and imposing scale.<\/p>\n
Large canvases will fill one gallery, while a complementary display of works on paper will be installed on the museum\u2019s mezzanine level.<\/p>\n
Alongside newly produced pieces, the exhibition will feature earlier works such as Far Out (2022), Miller\u2019s first diptych in the series, where oversized characters compete for attention across two panels, and XXX (2025), which reflects both the graphic qualities of the letter and its associations with punk and adult cinema.<\/p>\n
The billboard-like scale of these works, the museum notes, is informed by Miller\u2019s years living in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
The accompanying works on paper aim to explore the compositional planning underpinning the large paintings, offering a close-up view of the interplay between form, colour and typographic structure that defines the series.<\/p>\n
It was while studying for an A-Level in the History of Lettering that Miller discovered the allure of medieval manuscripts, in which monks laboured to produce highly decorative letters as chapter-headings.\u00a0 His Letter Paintings series of artworks draw on that tradition, merging illuminated script with the aesthetics of Pop Art.<\/p>\n