‘Art is Not a Mirror’ — Marlene Dumas Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Literary Tee — Muscle Tank

“Art is not a mirror. Art is a translation of that which you do not know.” Marlene Dumas put this in her 2014 collection The Image as Burden, the title of her Tate retrospective the same year — she paints from photographs and then distorts them, so the picture transforms its source rather than copying it. For her the unknown is the whole point: art carries you toward what you have yet to understand.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).