Monday, August 28, 2006

Ray Johnson & Henry Darger are not BUTTERFLEAS


Ray Johnson is not butter
is not a flea
is not Henry Darger
is not HANK
if not. is not. shall not be
dipped in butter to
wither or flutter
or mutter a curse.

Now Henry Darger
not bitter. or butter. or fingers in
the door
not more of the same
not fleasome or tiresome or
weary of those games

Butter Fleas
Butter Fleas

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on ebay

7 comments:

State of Being said...

Nice stuff, Mick.

Reid

allen bukoff said...

Really nice stuff, Mick.

Allen
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Mick said...

Thank you both, I have been having fun making these collages, and I must give credit to Rain Rien for the idea of using ebay as an artistic medium. He's been doing it with his inimitable style for a while now.

allen bukoff said...

I checked out the Ray Johnson stuff done by Rain Rien that's been for sale on eBay. Also very nice. What can you tell me about Rain Rien?

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allen bukoff said...

Also, Mick, can you give me a better description of the materials in your Ray Johnson collages? Are they digital images (composed on a computer and printed on paper), cut pieces of paper, etc. glued together. Thanks.

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Mick said...

About Rain Rien, I don't know much, but we have traded emailart and not ebayart for a while. I do know that he (I think he's a he, not sure though) is very prolific, inventive and adaptable and uses language in a playful and unique way.

My recent ebay RJ collages are composed digitally, printed and then finished with some hand drawn elements.

Mick said...

a typo, it should be

About Rain Rien, I don't know much, but we have traded emailart and NOW ebayart for a while.