Relationship XXXI “Salute to the Revolution”

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my 31st collage: Relationship XXXI “Salute to the Revolution”
This piece took more than 7 hours over 2 days while visiting Florence.

Completed on 12/31/2011 and left on 1/1/2012 in Florence, Italy.
Placed on a wall at the covered entrance to Costa de’ Magnoli.

see where it was left in Florence, Italy:
Collage XXXI (left in Florence, Italy)

and see the original album cover:
Salute to the Big Bands - (Collage XXXI)

Relationship XXX – “Spring’s Hottest Celebrity Anarchists”

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My collage: Relationship XXX – “Spring’s Hottest Celebrity Anarchists” was completed and left on 12/1/2011 on the back of an information board at Green Key Beach (Robert K. Rees Memorial Park) in New Port Richey, Florida.

see where I left it :
Relationship XXX (left in Florida)

and see the original album cover:
Top of the Pops -(Relationship XXX)

Relationship XXIX – “Don’t You Shush Me”

Relationship XXIX was completed and left on 8/29/2011 (my birthday) along the “Icon Walk” wall just outside The Icon Factory, a cool urban gallery & shop at the corner of Aston Place and Bedford Lane in the Temple Bar district of Dublin, Ireland. –
see where it was left in Dublin:
Relationship XXIX (left in Dublin)

here is the original record album cover I started from:
Ram-Bunk-Shush (for Relationship XXIX)

Relationship XXVIII “The Perils of a Burnished Ego”

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Completed & posted in Atlanta, Georgia on Memorial Drive at Harden Street on 7/24/2011.

see where it was left:
Relationship XXVIII (left in Atlanta)

Relationship XXVII “Life is a Lethal Contest”

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Relationship XXVII – “Life is a Lethal Contest”

Hand cut & paste collage on “None but the Lethal Heart – A Mike Shayne Mystery” by Brett Halliday It was completed in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

This was mailed (along with #XXV) to an online acquaintance, Robert Warner in New York in June of 2011.

see the original paperback book cover:
None But the Lethal Heart (XXVII)

Relationship XXVI – “Keeping Company with a Couch Potato”

This piece was completed while in Atlanta, Georgia and then mailed to Gregory Travis in Brookville, New York on 7/8/2011

RECYCLED TRASH AS ART:

I use old, cheesy record covers and trashy paperback book covers as a starting point for my hand-cut and paste collages. I then use only objects found on the ground, in the trash, junk mail or recycling bin. Sometimes incorporating my own Polaroid photographs. Then I leave them out in public as street art for everyone to enjoy (or destroy.) I have also started mailing small pieces out to some people.

 

Relationship XXV – “Now that you’re all Patriotic and Stuff”

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RAY JOHNSON FAN CLUB

This was the first collage where I used the “Ray Johnson Fan Club “L.A.R.” stamp.

Relationship XXV – ” Now that you’re all Patriotic and Stuff”
completed and posted on the street on July 4, 2011
Left along Euclid Avenue near Moreland Ave.NE in Little Five Points.

see where it was left in Atlanta, Georgia:
Relationship XXV - left in Atlanta

see the original album cover:
Corina "Now that you're Gone" (Relationship XXV)

watch a short video of people ignoring my artwork:

Relationship XXIV – “Death Has Three Moms”

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Relationship XXIV – “Death Has Three Moms”
This was my first collage on a book cover though I’d been planning to do it for a while.
“Death has three lives: A Mike Shayne Mystery” by Brett Haliday.
It was completed in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 6/19/2011 while spending the night in the hospital accompanying my mother who was recovering from open-heart surgery.

This was mailed (along with #XXVII) to an online acquaintance, Robert Warner in New York in June of 2011.

see the original paperback book cover:
Halliday - Death Has Three Lives - (Collage XXIV)

Relationship XXIII – “Every Love is the Woman from Ponyclub”

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Relationship XXIII “Every Love is the Woman from Ponyclub” was completed and posted in Amsterdam, Holland on 5/23/2011 on a wall at the intersection of Singel Centrum and Geelvincksteeg Centrum.

see where it was left in Amsterdam:
Relationship XXIII - Left in Amsterdam

watch a short video of people ignoring my artwork:

see the original record cover:
Paul Mauriat - Blooming Hits (Collage XXIII)

Relationship XXI “Can You Guess What is Real?”

THIS PIECE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
Large collage in four panels. approx. 3×4 feet. Made entirely with found objects on a “Guess” advertisement board.
click here for detailed view

This was my second collage made specifically for an art exhibition and not as street art. It was shown for “Parcours – 40”, le parcours d’artistes à Mons during the last two weekends in May of 2011.