Cheryl Penn Artworks

3.0 # 5 Making Tracks

cheryl — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:01:15 +0000

pI have finished collating 3.0 # 5 – Canvas book wrap which holds 8 books. I organized this collaboration on artists books 3.0 ning – we are currently doing the 8th collaboration in this series – 3.0 # 8 Collections. The first image is a small book I made as the colophon. It consists of notes/envelopes and artists statements if they supplied any. Collaborators: Kathy Boyle (New Zealand), Lisa Iverson (USA), E (France), Gillian Neish (Scotland), Cheryl Penn (South Africa), Stephanie Turnbull (UK) Marcela Peral (Argentina). This is a beauty for sure – thank you everyone – going on exhibition in October with all its fellows. /p pimg height=”567″ style=”margin: 5px” width=”550″ alt=”" src=”http://cherylpenn.com/wpb/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Colphon-Making-Tracks-3.0-5.jpg” /img height=”540″ style=”margin: 5px” width=”550″ alt=”" src=”http://cherylpenn.com/wpb/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/3.5-5-Making-Tracks.-Digitally-Printed-Canvas-Cover.jpg” /img height=”583″ style=”margin: 5px” width=”550″ alt=”" src=”http://cherylpenn.com/wpb/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Unwrapping-3.0-5.jpg” /img height=”462″ style=”margin: 5px” width=”550″ alt=”" src=”http://cherylpenn.com/wpb/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/3.0-5-Making-Tracks-Unwrapped.jpg” /img height=”444″ style=”margin: 5px” width=”550″ alt=”" src=”http://cherylpenn.com/wpb/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/3.0-5-All-the-books..jpg” //p p style=”color:#008;text-align:right;”smallemPowered by/em a href=”http://www.qumana.com/”Qumana/a/small/p

The New Alexandrian Library Boekie Collection – Leda and the Search for Beauty – Marie Wintzer and The Principles of Hology – De Villo Sloan

cheryl — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:51:34 +0000

Ok – just photographs of this beautiful work, bearing in mind I have NO idea what’s going to transpire. As RCBz said – it may just be a gallimaufry. Meta L may prove all consuming… First up – Marie Wintzer. From De Villo Sloan /p pimg height=”813″ style=”margin: 5px” width=”550″ alt=”" src=”http://cherylpenn.com/wpb/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/De-Villo-Sloan-Principles-of-Hology-1.jpg” />

The New Alexandrian Library Boekie Collection (South Africa) Meta-L from De Villo Sloan (USA) and The was of Chloroplast from Diane Keys (USA)

cheryl — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:23:05 +0000

A book by De Villo Sloan which references the mail art book call – A Book about Books. By uniting the text and images of multiple sources we are brought to the point of remembering that no book is ever read in isolation – it consist of other texts, books living in books. Diane Keyes – The Was of Chloroplast: A TINY boekie made from ‘trash’. On the International Union of Mail Artists, this sort of work is commonly known as ‘Trashpo’.

The New Alexandrian Library Boekie Collection (South Africa) – From VizMA Bruns (Australia)

cheryl — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:16:49 +0000

A moving story of Vizma’s family emigration from Latvia to Australia.

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cheryl — Tue, 01 May 2012 04:55:53 +0000

Reflecting

cheryl — Tue, 01 May 2012 04:55:53 +0000

Images of work by Marie Wintzer – A Line

cheryl — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:34:47 +0000

This is the complete series fully blogged on IUOMA – BUT the photos are worth another look. A drawing is simply taking a line for a wall – Paul Klee. These images speak of every sort of line.

This is my favorite photograph

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VISPO Collaborative Book Cover

cheryl — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:23:15 +0000

Nancy Bell Scott (USA) sent me this beautiful piece – on the back it reads "Not every path wants to be seen". And the note: Made for you Peach, post-vispo and pre-boekies on music and books" – I am going to use this beauty as the cover for the collaborative vispo book co-coordinated on IUOMA.

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The New Alexandrian Library – Boekie Collection (South Africa) – Rob (Australia)

cheryl — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:18:07 +0000

From Rob Grant – Mayor of Inkovia, a place not in the vicinity of Australia – a prototype – which is good news – it means there will be another one of these – what will resolution accomplish in change I wonder? And who will house the Grasshopper Collective?

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RCBz – Cards from the Rack

cheryl — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:20:44 +0000

RCBz has been a sort of Custodian of Mona, since I started the Mona Lisa mail art call. He submitted Medi-Alert Mona and then the Not the Dulwich Gallery image where he had digitally assembled all the Mona Lisa’s off my blog. As every good gallery should have, RCBz created a card rack. The Cards From the Rack series were created by RCBz from the works that had not fitted on the gallery walls. R has sent me the whole series, BEAUTIFULLY printed in both a postcard format and a high gloss A4 version. The A4 version carries the titles RCBz has given the new digital images. As these have been blogged intermittently on iuoma before, I know you may have seen them, BUT as a series they are fantastic!

First off, RCBz quoting Marie Wintzer (Japan) – Zeuxis informing the Maidens of Croton that he is unable to replicate the “Mona Lisa” look. Zeuxis, under the influence of Apollodorus made great use of light and shadow, but, well even he was unable to replicate the tinfoil look… (Reworking of Zeuxis et les Filles de Crotone – François-André Vincent, 1789).

And in complete contrast, Torma Cauli (Budapest) placed his Mona as Budapest Street Art. RCBz perfectly situated her – Magyar Motor Cycle Monthly’s March Pin-Up: Mona Lisa.

Janine Weiss (Switzerland) broke Mona into an intricate puzzle. The REAL question on RCBz’s mind – who knows how many feet she had? 3 Mules for Mona. Girls Night Out utilizes TICTAC’s’ sweety pie Mona Lisa. I KNOW those are animated characters from a movie (?) but I never watch those things – help??

ARAC (USA) sent RCBz this Mona Lisa – Stolen – by Shepherd Fairey (?) – RCBz takes us to the heist van with Give a little now, Get a little later – where art only exists if faireys are arrested – what’s this now – 15 arrests? I think Fairey would LOVE to get his hands on The Scream. Alicia Starr has sent in many very evocative images of Mona Lisa as representations of ‘every woman’. This interpretation by RCBz was a real side-swipe entry to me – it certainly answers a few questions on how those gals MAINTAIN! The secret? They have this place they go to Where Supermodels renew their mojo…

Let Mona Lisa Light Up your Life (with Nancy Bell Scott) – she sits alone, nails freshly painted – she can still smell the polish over the smoke, waiting, for someone who may not come. But Mona keeps her company. The Road of Excess leads to the Hallway of Unfulfillable Expectations (quoting ViZma Bruns) – I suppose the passageways and roads of unfulfilled expectation are the halls of frustration. Places of mourning filled with dead mens bones.

This was a new card on the rack based on my images in The Authentic Massacre of the Innocent Image series – always Maintain an even strain. RCBz wrote of this “her neighbor is a debauchee, her daughter is in flagranté, sharks ascend her staircase, her tea arrives from China one cup at a time, and yet, Mona maintains an even strain" – I can only wish…

And last but not least, RCBz sent me two further Mona Lisa Images – Mona Lisa in Samurai dress and then the same image with a facial change. This leads to another whole chain of thought about the juxtaposition of east and west and the influence of costume and aesthetic style. Perhaps further – how far can a portrait be altered until it no longer resembles the original AT ALL yet is still recognizable as being inspired by – in this case, Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. This was a fantastic haul. MANY thanks RCBz – good to have you on-side!