The wooden framed Object Boxes (1973–80) that Camnitzer began constructing in the early 1970s typify his investigation of the relationship between language and image. Objects, drawings, and found images are contained between glass panes and accompanied by brass plates engraved with evocative yet enigmatic texts. Rather than definitive definitions of the contents above, the correlation of text to object or image is a spontaneous construct, an indeterminate narrative meant to be formed by the viewer.
