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

“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.

**AS Colour 5082 “Faded Bone” — Oversized Tee (Cream finish).** 100% carded cotton, heavyweight 240 gsm, garment-dyed — each tee fades a little differently, so no two are identical. Oversized, boxy relaxed fit, dropped shoulders, wide twin-stitched ribbed neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk (size down for a less roomy look). Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, do NOT bleach, do NOT tumble dry (line dry in the shade to protect the garment dye), cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).