RT Journal
A1 Cole TB
T1 WAtching
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD January 21
VO 301
IS 3
SP 252
OP 252
DO 10.1001/jama.2008.787
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2008.787
AB 
Watching (cover) is one of a series of “pictograph paintings” by American artist Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974). At first glance, the painting looks as though it might be a hieroglyphic text with a hidden message. It has even been suggested that with careful study, Gottlieb's pictograph paintings could be decoded. But Gottlieb's intention was to go beyond conscious communication. He wanted his pictographs to resonate at an unconscious level. His vision for symbolic communication through art evolved from a long process of experimentation with intuitively created forms and their arrangement in a defined space.