Signature: Why ?
is pretty apt as a signature - it is short, it is significant, it is unique, and it is in line with tradition: Rembrandt and Vincent among others used their first names.
Well, Werner Stürenburg doesn't use his first name Werner but rather his student nickname Joe which he acquired in reference to a whim of American immigrants in Paris described by » Henry Miller ( » Quiet Days in Clichy). At that time, he was Joe and signed accordingly, using small letters only.
In another way Joe as signature ist significant also. As related by » James Joyce in the » bildungsroman » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, with this nobody-name the artist steps back as a person and lets his work speak for itself.
See also » The average Joe on his long way to god. |