drawings turned stamps: cuchifritos new york
drawings turned stamps... : momenta art brooklyn
also at white box
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.
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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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drawings turned ... : cuchifritos new york
drawings turned ...: momenta art brooklyn
also at white box