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Twenty-first Series: ARTFOREVERLOVESEEMETELLME, edition 10. This little series is the result my discovering, staring at, and researching various Yayoi Kusama works. I am a huge fan of the obsessive nature of art making. I get caught up in the inception of the project, the defining of the goals of the work, the rigorous gathering of the materials, the intense happy almost mindless creation of the work, and the release. In this mode I decided to make a tribute work of my own to Miss Kusama the ultimate obsessed artist. These works directly reference her airmail sticker series. Each collage consists of a 2 x 3 ½ inch poly bag, stickers of the word ART in various fonts, colors, and sizes in 5 layers, punctuated with a drift of silver glitter. On verso is the signifier word, title of series, edition number, and address of the blog. Signifier words for this series are: accumulation, fireflies on the water, happenings, infinity, mania, kusamatrix, obsession, polka dot princess, repetition, and self-obliteration. These collages will be placed November 26-28, 2010 in New York. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Twentieth Series: First Homage to Joseph Cornell.

I particularly adore Cornell. Of all his series some of the simplest and amazing are his galaxy or constellation works. The edition will be 10. They consist of a stark adobe window through which a dark dark night sky is viewed sprinkled with stars individually and in clusters. So I decided to make my own galaxies as my first homage to Cornell. The work consists of a round plastic box 1 inch tall by 1 1/4 inches in diameter with a slide-on lid. Inside I have brushed the walls of the box with gesso to approximate the adobe. Beyond that I have painted the indigo sky speckled with stars. A ceramic face was placed in the lower right corner and a drift of sand and one bead in the bottom. On the outside sealing the box is the information label with the title, edition number, and blog address. On the verso is a magnet as these works will be placed on metal. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Nineteenth Series: See Me Tell Me Shifts. It’s the end of summer. Time to put away all your sundresses and get out your wool sweaters. This series was started during fashion week and will be finished just as it starts to snow. 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. 100 will be made. They will be placed October-December, 2010 in New York. Each collage consists of a 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 inch piece of cloth or japanese paper or found cloth scraps cut in the shape of a shift or sundress. The image is heat transferred on to the surface and the dress is hung on a handmade wire hanger. On verso is the information label with the title and date of the series and the number in the edition. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Eighteenth Series: Moon Phases. Celebrating the change of seasons and Halloween I made a series of collages based on the phases of the moon in October. 31 were created. Collages placed October 5, 2010 in New York. Each collage consists of a 3 x 1 1/2 inch manila colored label with medium brown eyelet strung with cotton string. Heat transferred on to the surface and deliberately destroyed is an image of the moon in a specific stage and a collage of that same phase set on top. On verso is a sticker diagram or image of moon phases, an unrelated moon phase image on Japanese paper, the information label with the title and date of the moon phase pictured on the front of the collage. Silver glitter and blue moon glitter is affixed to the left corner. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Seventeenth Series: Chelsea Medallion. 100 works will be created. Collages placed October through December in New York. Each collage consists of a 1 ¼ inch diameter medallion label with an image shot with a fish eye lens of a work of art shown in a Chelsea Gallery that I found especially significant. On verso is the artist’s name, the title of the work, the gallery that exhibited the work, and the number in the series. The work is hung from a red string and attached to an ART sticker. Following is the list of all works by artist's name and where you can view their works. Click on the artist's name to connect to their gallery or web-site.
No. 1: Travis Cilders
No. 2: Carla Zaccagnini
No. 3: Thumb
No. 4: Robert Lazzarini
No. 5: Lori Field
No. 6: Zilvinas Kempinas
No. 7: Nathan Carter
No. 8: Nakhee Sung
No. 9: Philippe Parreno
No. 10: Philippe Parreno
No. 11: Robert Gober
No. 12: Alan McCollum
No. 13: Katharina Fritsch
No. 14: Polly Applebaum
No. 15: Judy Pfaff
No. 16: Louise Bourgeois / Tracey Emin
No. 17: Roy Lichtenstein
No. 18: Louise Bourgeois / Tracey Emin
No. 19: Pipilotti Rist
No. 20: Roy Lichtenstein
No. 21: Ingrid Calame
No. 22: Cecilia Edefalk
No. 23: Ryan Kitzen नो। 24: Carol Prusa
No. 25: Linda Mieko Allen
No. 26: Andy Warhol
No. 27: Dale Chihuly
No। 28: Airan Kang
No। 29: Mac Premo

No। 30: McCracken

No। 31 : Sarah Sze
No. 32: Dan Flavin

No। 33: Roxie Paine

No। 34: Roxie Paine

No. 35: Roxie Paine

No। 36: Roxie Paine

No। 37: Roger Shimomura

No. 38: Roger Shimomura

No. 39: Claudio Bravo

No। 40: Claudio Bravo

No। 41: Claudio Bravo

No. 42: Brice Marden

No। 43: Robert Rauschenberg
No. 44: Robert Rauschenberg

No। 45: Robert Rauschenberg
No. 46: Robert Rauschenberg

Did you see one? Tell me.

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Sixteenth Series: seeme(fluxme)tellme, 50 works created. "Fluxus artists think play undermines the seriousness of high art in its humor and irreverence and encourage participants to celebrate everyday actions instead of making and viewing static, valuable art objects. Fluxus games are more complex than simple and more fraught with meaning than mere insignificant amusement. On the other hand, you could simply read the instructions, get the joke, and laugh." This series celebrates two great Fluxus shows at MASSMOCA and MOMA . Collages placed August 26-September 30, 2010 in New York. Each collage consists of a 2 x 2 inch glassine bag, a tiny dice, and six instructional cards in grey and white. The instructions on the cards are borrowed and stolen from various sources ranging from my mom, to Jenny Holzer’s truisms, to the Dalai Lama’s Instructions for Life. On verso are the closure ART sticker, the instructions, written number of each work, and the email address. Did you see one? Did you play it? Tell me.

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Fifteenth Series: Yesterday’s News, edition 50-L. This series is a comment on the rabid ferocity of the current news media and plays off the much used quote from the character Charles Tatum in the movie Ace in the Hole / The Big Carnival, 1951, “It's a good story today. Tomorrow, they'll wrap a fish in it.” Series 10 is also called Yesterday’s News but The New York Times has such great images that I wanted to make a L or large format size of this series as well. Collages placed August 16-October 31, 2010 in New York. Each collage consists of a 2 1/8 x 7 1/4 inch poly bag with an adhesive closure, real news photographs from The New York Times, all wrapped around a stolen fish image or a plastic fish with white and silver star sequins. On verso are fish stickers, one fish googly-eye, a folded xerox copy of The New York Times, and a signifier word sticker with the edition number and web-site address. Signifier words for this series are: albacore, anchovy, barracuda, bass, bluegill, catfish, cod, eel, fish, flounder, grouper, grunion, guppy, haddock, halibut, herring, koi, lamprey, mackerel, mahi-mahi, minnow, monkfish, mullet, perch, pickerel, pike, piranha, porgy, red snapper, rockfish, roughy, salmon, sand dab, sardine, scrod, shad, shark, skate, smelt, sole, stingray, sturgeon, tarpon, tilefish, trout, tuna, walleye, whitefish, and whiting. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Fourteenth Series: Note to Man Ray: Object to Be Deployed, ed. 12
This work is a play on the readymade Object to Be Destroyed, 1923 by French artist Man Ray. The work consisted of a metronome with a photograph of an eye attached to its swinging arm. The piece was intended as a silent witness watching him paint. In 1932 a second version, called Object of Destruction, was published in the avant-garde journal This Quarter, edited by André Breton. This version was an ink drawing of the Object to Be Destroyed with the following instructions; Cut out the eye from a photograph of one who has been loved but is seen no more. Attach the eye to the pendulum of a metronome and regulate the weight to suit the tempo desired. Keep going to the limit of endurance. With a hammer well-aimed, try to destroy the whole at a single blow. 1932 was the year Man Ray's lover, Lee Miller, left him to return to New York. Placed August 16-21, 2010 in New York. Each collage consists of a 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 inch glassine bag and two images of Object to Be Destroyed. On verso is the signifier word sticker, title of series, edition number and 22 photographs of my eye on hanging labels with purple string. Signifier words for this series are: Breton, eye, Eye-Metronome, hammer well-aimed, Indestructible Object, Lee Miller, Man Ray, metronome, Object of Destruction, Object to Be Destroyed, readymade, and single blow. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Thirteenth Series: February Snowstorms, ed. 7/12. In the sweltering heat and humidity of this New York August I wanted to provide a reminder of the cold days past with these images of February’s record snow storm. I hear the cicadas chirping. I see the morning glories blooming. And the Monarch butterflys are fluttering by so this summer will soon end. Drink a beer, cool down and enjoy. Placed August 5-11, 2010 in New York. Each collage consists of a 2 x 3 ½ inch poly bag, images of Brooklyn in the snow, and white and bright blue sparkly glitter. On verso is the signifier word sticker, title of series, edition number, and a tiny sticker of a snow shovel. Signifier words for this series are: 20 inches, blizzard, cold, Feb. 10, 2010, Feb. 26, 2010, ice, record-breaking, snow, snowday, snow hurricane, snow plows, snowicane. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Twelfth Series: Highlight on Gilbert Garcin, edition 15. This tiny series is a celebration of a great little Surrealist unknown to me until I got his brand new book in the mail. Placed August 4-10, 2010 in New York. Each collage consists of a 2 x 3 ½ inch poly bag, images of the artist’s work (torn out of that great new book), and red thread. On verso is sand, 1, 2, or 3 tiny cast faces, and the signifier word sticker with title and edition number. Signifier words for this series are: auto-portrait, dream-like, enactment, laughs, miniscule model, Mister G., montage, Mr. Everybody, parody, piled-up things, pyschoanalysis, simulacres, sisyphus, small theater, and surrealist. Did you see one? Tell me.