A Blog for Julian Grant - Pupa Mask - The World is a Town Contribution

[cheryl penn]

Mail Art received first week January 2011.

So here's the thing.  You DONT want to meet a chrysalis like this.  But, whats the point of a pupa? To change -  to move from one form to another. In Julian's World Town I'm guessing that people could be born in Pupa's :-)  And, living in Africa means I get an immediate connection to masks. This takes me to Picasso's 1906/07 period too, where he was influenced by African masks and Iberian sculpture. Julian is America, and Picasso was Spanish - enough World Town for you?

Can you see a visual connection to the stamps on the envelope?

Thank you Julian for this gift.  I think I'm drawing him a girlfriend. A Pupa Partner.

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Received from Julian Grant10th November 2010.

 

Frankenstein begins a chain of accountability – that was how I reacted to this somber piece by Julian Grant. His scientific creation was a toil, on a dreary November night, plagued by anxiety. His creation of “a thing”. The epigraph to Shelly’s novel is a quote from Paradise Lost. Is that because Shelly is questioning creation versus accountability, flight versus responsibility, education versus neglect? Many more competent writers than I have
tackled this question. I cant help wondering if this card had any bearing on Julian’s new movie. As I understand it, it is the story of a father who in direct contrast to Frankenstein risks all for the sake of his newborn child.

What added to the evocative nature of this card was the fact that this work arrived on a dreary afternoon in November. It was wet and had absorbed the paper of envelopes around it. Thanks Julian – really thought provoking.

To finish the cycle, I am posting in the rain.

[Marie Wintzer]

It looks like the hair of the mask are tied on the envelope, cool stuff.