Lynn Silverman, the exhibition assistant, writes, "Although Joe Tilson does not write poetry, the power of the word is evident in his art. His conversation is sprinkled with references to certain poets, especially Yeats and Pound. The ubiquitous relationship between words and images, and their role in structuring our experience of the world, is a thread that runs throughout Tilson's art." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.