RECEIVED: Mail-Art from KING KOLLAGE Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany)

"Open Days (2011)" by IUOMA member Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany)

July 29, 2011 - Desperately seeking to ride the wave of the Erni Baer phenom, I am posting two extraordinary, full-size (A4 = approximately 8 1/2 inches by 11) collages Erni sent me some time back.

I was an Erni Baer fan before it became fashionable. I have pestered him for a long time to send me some larger pieces so I could have a close look at them. They are spectacular! Long ago Susan Sontag wrote a book titled Against Interpretation. I think that sums up Erni's views on critics. So I will refrain from analysis and just hope you enjoy the work as much as I do. Here is "Tarzan (2011)":

I apologize for the terrible scan. You can see in the middle of the collage there is a raised cardboard triangle. This makes the work incredibly unique for me, a gesture toward the haptic. But it blurs some of the amazing images underneath. With "Tarzan," I wondered if Erni was entering the dialog concerning the notorious mail-artist Grigori Antonin (The Minnesota Marauder), the Monkey Purge, and Dark wall's use of Tarzan comics to depict "The Grigster":

Dark wall took the monkey pics from an old Tarzan comic book that probably should not have been cut up.

Erni's mail-art packaging is always tremendous. Here is one surface that works as a collage too:

All joking aside, I deeply appreciate this Erni! I love these pieces and treasure them.

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Comment by De Villo Sloan on July 29, 2011 at 12:14am: Fantastic, Erni!

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 7:44pm: you can never go wrong with giant alien bugs and guys in leopard print loincloths.

Comment by De Villo Sloan on July 28, 2011 at 7:39pm

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 6:04pm: unfortunately, he should have used the spellcheck - i think he spelled town wrong.

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 6:03pm: chi!!!!!!!

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 6:02pm: chi?

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 6:01pm: chi?

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 5:52pm: mine;s more american.

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 28, 2011 at 5:00pm

Comment by De Villo Sloan on July 28, 2011 at 4:50pm: Edgar Rice Burroughs - creator of Tarzan - master of pulp fiction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs

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