Dean aka Artist in Seine's Blog Posts Tagged 'Ana' (13)

Direct from Ana's Industrial Darkness Series is this piece entitled Industrial Amnesia.  Now I must admit that I'm not sure if it's on its side or up side down, and I apologise in advance if I got it wrong. …

A long, long time ago

I can still remember how Mail Art used to make me smile

And I knew if I had my chance

That I could make those people laugh…

Looks like Ana Kawajiri went back to Brazil and hit it big time in a show.  Another story of Mail Artist to riches. Thank you Ana for the invite.  Of course…

And there it is folks, the Sandalia button.  It's in the bag.  Or should I say, on the bag.  In any case, it fits the picture.

A Pan Am airplane?  I remember them.

Thank you Ana, great button…

The last in a series of Mail Art received from Ana before she left Paris.  Very deep meaning of a complete artist.

Thank you Ana, good luck and keep creating.

This one is from Ana's series; "assim e se lhe parece" (and if you think so) N° 12.  She did this one in 2009, and it sat around her appartment until the time it was time for her to go back home.  Lucky for me some things just needed to remain in PAris.…

I'm not sure by law if I'm allowed to put two series together, but here they are on the same blog.  This is Planet N Galaxy (2010) or what I see is a full circle which reminds me of a round trip.

From Ana's AR series (2012); Blue AR (Aller Retour = Round trip)  OH yes it is blue in Paris as Ana has left to return home.  It even rained the day she left.…

Yet more chill pills in Mail Art.  This seems to becoming a trend.  Sadly these have a side effect which is that the Abstract Origami looked no longer abstract, but rather normal. 

 The Abstract Origami came in a yellow clear envelope.  Wild !…

Ana (Paris 12eme) sent me this Space Invader which is cut out of a paper sheet.  A new trend?  In Paris we see these Space Invaders in office windows made out of post-its.  Many companies have "asked" employees to remove them from their windows as it did not give a good image of the company.  Hence the phrase; Those who live by the post-its, die by the post-its.   Post-its is a trade mark of 3M.  Whose share price today on the NASDAQ is $88.39 but is likely to hit over $96.00 by the end of…

Another piece from Ana Kawajira which sets the wheel turning in my head. 

On the back is reads: The Industrial Darkness Series; "We can not see in the dark, because it is dark."  I'm inspired by the text and the use of these tops of milk/juice cartons which open.  What a great idea.…

A wonderful painting  and collage from Ana entitled "Sexy Boy".   Ok so maybe I'm missing something here.  Then I realize that actually it's only a two star sexy boy.  Well I'm happy I spotted that in time!  Thank you Ana, and please feel free to tell me I am wrong.…

Another level above me.  A great poem which I put into Google translate and really got confused.  I found that DADA doesn't translate, but the barcode does.

This is the envelope and a post card of Ana's work from 2004.…

In Paris, only down the street for me resides a Mail Artist that keeps me on my toes.  Within Paris, if you send Mail Art  before 6pm, the other person will have it the next morning.

     Ana has recently sent me two pieces that had me running back to old art books.  The first is her own version of a work of art by Marcel Duchamps first conceived in 1919.  (Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa onto which Duchamp drew a moustache and beard in pencil.) 

     The name of the piece,…