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drawings turned stamps: cuchifritos new york

drawings turned stamps... : momenta art brooklyn

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also more stamps in Baumgartner show of 2005

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'War on Terror,' 'Axis of Evil' or 'Freedom fries'... drawings 2003, 2004

One day - hopefully soon, we will be able to refer to these drawings as 'THE GEORG W. BUSH YEARS'


These drawings are made with ball pen. The technique is inspired by Alegiero Boettis aircraft ball pen drawings and not by a famous Belgian artist. Notice that also Andy Warhol has use ball pens and many others.


The ball pen is a bureaucratic, non-artistic kind of medium and easy to handle. It is used here in a catatonic and semi-nervous way, releasing an esthetic charm that borders on madness. For me ball pens create intensities and build psychological profiles in the way, left over coffee does, thought he we do it with our hand. Given the work intensive quality of these drawings, only a few I did with my own hand. Others are done by assistants -- thanks to all of them -- and are outsourced. It is mind-bugling to see how each drawing looks different and can be misread as a psychogram - at least for people with graphological imaginary.
I have recycled these drawings for a special artistic "US postal service stamp parody" to commemorate contemporary tragic history. Click to see here:

note: the events behind these drawings are tragic and tragic and tragic. Never would I wanna be or appear cynical or make a joke about the seriousness of the current political, war and terror related area we are now living in. But I want to point out that this current administration has aggravated the situation and part of it is reflected in the legistaltion, their actions and the wording of all this.

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9 x 12 inch; 22.9 x 30.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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9 x 12 inch; 22.9 x 30.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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Axis of Evil, 2003

11 x 14 inch; 28 x 35.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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9 x 12 inch; 22.9 x 30.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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9 x 12 inch; 22.9 x 30.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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9 x 12 inch; 22.9 x 30.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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9 x 12 inch; 22.9 x 30.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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9 x 12 inch; 22.9 x 30.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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9 x 12 inch; 22.9 x 30.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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Shock and Awe, 2003

9 x 12 inch; 22.9 x 30.5 cm - ball pen drawing on paper -

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Enemy Compattant, 2003

11 x 14 inch; 28 x 35.5 cm -red ball pen drawing on paper -

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US Patriot Act, 2003

11 x 14 inch; 28 x 35.5 cm -red ball pen drawing on paper -

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Evil Doers, 2003

11 x 14 inch; 28 x 35.5 cm -red ball pen drawing on paper -

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Weapons of Mass Destruction, 2004

11 x 14 inch; 28 x 35.5 cm -red ball pen drawing on paper -

 

9/11, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

AlQaeda, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

War on Terror, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inchesr

Evil Doers, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Axis of Evil, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Afghanistan, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Operation Enduring Freedom, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Enemy Combatant, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Homeland Security, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Patriot Act, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Weapons of Mass Distruction, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Old Europe, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Freedom fries, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Shock and Awe, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003/2004, work on paper, 11 x 14 inches

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index

drawings turned ... : cuchifritos new york

drawings turned ...: momenta art brooklyn

also at white box

CONFLICTS