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Thirty-fourth series: van Gogh’s Chair inch by inch, set of 16 
When you visit museums abroad you see afresh art works you have been viewing by illustrations for too long. When I was in London last month I saw van Gogh’s Chair at the National Gallery. Amazing! This work was painted when he was working in the company of Gauguin for nine weeks in Arles. The bright yellow ladder-back chair with its cane seat was one of the twelve simple chairs he purchased when he furnished the Yellow House. The chair sits at a three-quarter view and his pipe and tobacco lie on the thatched seat. It stands on a red and orange tiled floor next to a closed turquoise blue door. A box of red onions, bursting from their wrappings, is in the corner. The colors are amazing, the characteristic icing-like impasto wonderful, and the sweet genre scene so personal. I examined the work inch by inch. And so I provide it to you in the same way. These works consist of a 3 ½ x 2 inch poly bag. I printed an image of the work at 8 x 10 inches and cut it up into 1 inch wide strips for the front image, included even finer detailed image in the center, and put a full image on verso. There is one sequin butterfly inside as a prize. I will be placing the works from April 30 and May 1 in New York City.
If you see one tell me.

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Thirty-third series: Free Ai Weiwei, ed. 20

When I was in London I went to the Tate Modern and saw he Unilever Series: 
Sunflower Seeds by Ai Weiwei. The conceptual and politically based artist had engaged Chinese craftspeople to create for him 100 million tiny porcelain sunflowers, each handmade, hand painted, no two identical. He filled the entire main floor with these little works of art. The whole art world had been chatting about the work, there were many reviews, and other piles of sunflower seeds were turning up at art fairs. I liked visually how the work filled the huge turbine hall in a gentle sand-like way and loved all the metaphors it set off crackling in my head. Anyway, soon after we got back the artist, boarding a plane to Hong Kong was arrested, disappeared, taken into custody – no one really knows because no one has heard from him. I have signed all the petitions for his release, I attended the sit-in over by the East River, and like the rest of the art world I am watching the news reports to see outcome. Worried. So this series is my reaction to the whole mess. The work consists of a 3 ½ x 2 inch poly bag, color xeroxes of the work in turbine hall printed on fine papers, red string, and a scattering of (real) sunflower seeds. On the back are a couple of QR codes (Quick Response specific matrix barcodes) that hop right to The New York Times articles discussing the issue - this one from April 6, this one from April 11, and this one from April 20.This work will be placed from April 24 through April 30 in New York.

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Thirty-second series: Looting London (A Mudlark along the Thames), ed. 10
As you know from my tweeting I traveled to London recently. We visited the British Museum with all the great Mesopotamia, Egyptian, Roman works and more. And of course they have the great Parthenon Marbles pillaged from Greece in the 1800s – quite the controversial objects. Well in that spirit I decided to gather a few artifacts of my own. While I was visiting the TATE Modern off the new Millennium Bridge I saw a silver ladder descending to the Thames beach. I went down and began gathering 17th to the 19th century pottery sherds and pipe stems on the shore which I then spirited all back to America. I was feeling rather proud of myself until I discovered that this is called “mudlarking” and just everyone does it. I guess I am no Lord Elgin. This little series consists of a 3 x 3 x ½ inch clear plastic box, sand, a potsherd or pipe stem, a transparent picture of the Millennium Bridge and Saint Paul's in the background and the usual ART sticker and label with the title of series, edition number, and address of the blog. These works, in contrast to the SAINTS or MONSTERS should not be opened as the sand will spill out. They will be placed on April 24 in New York.
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Thirty-first series: Little Monsters II, ed. five series of 50 each.
You know those great 19th and early 20th century Romanesque and Gothic architectural ornaments of faces and gargoyles you see on the buildings all over New York, Paris, London, Rome, Venice, Athens? Love them!! I have been known to climb up to the upper stories of nearby buildings just to get a look. So I shot a selection of these images and made them all into more little monsters. I mounted their images on the front of little clear 2 x 1 x 1 inch 2 x 2 x 1 inch boxes, darkening the backgrounds with gaffer tape and lighting them all up with LEDs. Then I filled them up with silver balls or clear beads to reflect the light and rattle wonderfully. (If you find one of these works and want to reserve the light, open them up and reinsert the tab.) I will be placing these works all through the summer in New York city.
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Thirtieth Series: Subway Saints (mini), edition 50. People riding the subway are in an ethereal acquiescent perfect state. They are waiting with great faith to be taken to their destination and are calm and quiet during their journey – for the most part. While sitting across from them I was inspired to photograph some of the more beatific and make them into art. For this series I took their faces and sewed them into a book of hours accordion style book. This series consists of a 1 3/4 x 1 x 1/2 inch clear plastic box, my printed photographs, cotton paper, beads, glitter, a magnet, and thread. They will be placed from March 4-April 4, 2011 in New York, London, and Paris.

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Twenty-ninth Series: Exhibition Postcards, edition 50.
You know, sometimes you just have to drop back, calm down, check out some Rauschenberg and some Johns and do a few assemblages. Concentration on color, texture, line, and a little humor can straighten up any untoward New York day. So here are 50 little combines for you. They consist of a 3 ½ x 2 inch poly bag, some papers I have collected over the years, thread and sequins, beads, a scattering of found objects and old gallery exhibition or announcement postcards. They will be placed between February 15 and May 31, 2011.
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Nineteenth Series: See Me Tell Me Shift (revisited). This series was started during fashion week. These little dresses are decorated with the patterns I find in the museums, galleries, and art fairs I visit as well as the images I find on the street. 50 will be made. They will be placed February 10-February 25, 2011 in New York. Each collage consists of a 7 to 4 inch long piece of cloth cut in the shape of a shift or sundress. The image is heat transferred on to the surface of the cloth and the dress is hung on a handmade wire hanger. On verso is the information label with the title of the series and the number in the edition.
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Twenty-eighth Series: bound numbers, edition 20.

This is the second of my bound series. The first was the twenty-second series called bound alphabet. Wrapping, binding and tying and is a method used by outsider and visionary artists as well artists of the Congo and ancient Egypt. In each case the string, rope, thread, ribbon, amulets and trinkets threaded in and among the windings attract and concentrate spiritual power within the object empowering it to fulfill its intended purpose. Each collage consists of a 2 x 3 ½ inch poly bag, a refrigerator magnet number, found and purchased string or floss, beads, buttons, sequins, bells, and other various objects. Before the making process the number was photographed and a color xerox was made on Japanese paper and placed in the background. On verso is the title of series, edition number, and address of the blog. These collages will be placed January 26, 2011 in New York.
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Twenty-seventh Series: See Me Tell Me Nomad, edition 5.
Instead of being something to keep this work wants to wander around. If you collect a Nomad, sign and date the sheet inside and record your pick-up here on this blog with a comment below. Then take the Nomad with you for awhile and put it in a new location somewhere else in the subway system for another collector to pick up. This work is a cross between a message in a bottle and a geocaching travel bug. Let’s see if we can keep it going all over New York. The Nomads consist of a 3 ¾ inch x ½ inch diameter plastic tube with a black top. There is a magnet glued to the back of the work and there is red string tied to the top of the tube. So you can either hang the work or attach it to a metal surface when you send it along. The Nomads were started on January 15, 2011 in New York City.

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Twenty-sixth Series: Subway Saints, NYC edition 20, "e" edition 50. People riding the subway are in an ethereal acquiescent perfect state. They are waiting with great faith to be taken to their destination and are calm and quiet during their journey – for the most part. While sitting across from them I was inspired to photograph some of the more beatific and make them into art. For this series I took their faces and sewed them into a book of hours accordion style book. This series consists of a 2 x 1 x ¾ inch clear or colored plastic box, my printed photographs, images stolen from art history, rice paper, beads, glitter, a magnet, and thread. They will be placed from January 15-February 7, 2011 in New York. A special "e" edition of the saints will be placed in Paris and London from March 25-April 4.
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