Thursday, December 27, 2007

"Portraits" Exhibition at Bahariye Art Gallery, Istanbul

You can see the website for this exhibition at http://www.bahariyesanat.com/en/mailart.asp . Click on my name to see my self-portrait that was included in this show.

decorated envelope for Snails & Clowns mail-art project

There is a French mail-art project, "Les Clowns - Les Escargots," to which I contributed a decorated envelope which you can see at http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-i92WuVoRi4/R3OSk_6pNLI/AAAAAAAACYI/rKHP_AZyKmo/s1600-h/DANIEL+CHEVALIER+1+2007.jpg .

online catalogue of 1st Museum of Small Arts Collection exhibition

You can see my contribution to this, which took place at Pameran Rasa Antarabangsa (International Expression Art Exhibition), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia), Bangi, in the catalogue at http://mosacollections.tripod.com/id23.html .

Dracula Mail Art

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

design for ID card in travelling group exhibition

My design (done using gouache and collaged aluminum foil) is going to be in a travelling group exhibition, "Your Documents Please: International Identification Document Exhibition," first from April 4-20 at The Museum of Arts & Crafts-ITAMI in Itami, Japan, then in November at 2B Gallery in Budapest and then in January 2009 at GALÉRIA Z in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Monday, December 17, 2007

postcard for 2001 one-man show at Kerredge Gallery, Hancock, Michigan

You can see a postcard for my 2001 one-man show at Kerredge Gallery in Hancock, Michigan at http://www.envelopecollective.com/gallery.php?id=703 .

postcard of Dakota Heights, Michigan

The postcard I designed of Dakota Heights, Michigan, can be seen at http://www.envelopecollective.com/gallery.php?id=1061 . The construction of M26 was devastating for this town, which it bisected.

suggestion for study of postal history of mail sent by inmates in mental hospitals

You can see this (in a decorated envelope) at http://www.envelopecollective.com/gallery.php?id=1045 . This subject would well repay study.

decorated envelope based on Ononpo

You can see a decorated envelope I sent to The Envelope Collective that is largely based on the events of my short story "Ononpo" at http://www.envelopecollective.com/gallery.php?id=246 . The story begins with the CIA hanging two teenage boys who are fighting for the Idealists from an overpass, and different perspectives about that event.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Magic-Marker-decorated envelope with Red Sox personalized postage for letter to Christine Tarantino

You can see a letter I wrote to Christine Tarantino, with an envelope decorated with blue Magic-Marker, at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGag6GtX9htjGQebNQnhBPrHpO6kQuI6Aq1YWoMcfPfU4JJrw36iCu2hGJtUpLaYYfjpfL6moajB1aMZ1bN7Os1aZdwDmCOnNmshJlUYv9Vp6itGg4kczNiiLu6ryq3O5plhOGbw/s1600-h/chevalier0001.jpg . Note the personalised Red Sox postage.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

The Rhinoceros Regards Reality at a Distance of 3.5 Metres

You can see my computer graphic The Rhinoceros Regards Reality at a Distance of 3.5 Metres, which was in the III International Exhibition of Digital Art Orilla#06 at the MAC at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina, at http://www.andamiocontiguo.org/eventos/orilla06/boyer.htm.

The Open Scroll

You can read my poems "Blind Mercury" (http://www.scroll.org/document/Boyer/blind.shtml) and "Untitled" (http://www.scroll.org/document/Boyer/untitled.shtml) in the online magazine The Open Scroll. It's too bad the Scroll is defunct now.

Computer Space 2007

You can see about this Bulgarian exhibit at http://computerspace.org/index.php?lang=2&section=13&id=1 . I had three works in it: Sadistic Aspects of Kirigami, Púbolesque Head of Antimachus and Tribute to Gold Artifacts and there are links to all on the page.

Aspiratage

You can see the first results of the surrealist method I invented, "aspiratage" (Terrifying Blueness of the Mouthless Head) in which a vacuum cleaner is used to automatically make marks in the pile of carpeting, at http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=120247 . Jesse Edwards has a YouTube video of it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXz86r3CPeg .

"We Are Smarter Than Me"

I am a co-author of this book.

"A Plea to Forsake"

You can see about my participation in the book "A Plea to Forsake" at http://christinetarantino.blogspot.com/2007/02/plea-to-forsake.html .

Artist in Residence at Marquette Arts and Culture Center, Marquette MI

You can see me demonstrating fumage as Artist-in-Residence at the Marquette Arts and Culture Center in Marquette, MI at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0a_cxsv0KJ8e76fVgJ1CXiwk8ogctpN4VYf4QmW8yVV2UwlT-zzGT1DN3d24V1vm6co0EEfSLL5v8Mc9L1575t1b7jcVGk2doXOUagwpZ5lhSaaIXvc7g5xS4jTsi7kBMUSc2/s1600-h/chevalier.jpg .

decorated envelope to Christine Tarantino with Omphale Gallery personalized postage

You can see this at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShb7SZjY-gWTx62lCLOZ9SCfogBcRZOYnzm3BkIUbAXI40El0Wc8593CAbt0Ccw4QzWLkrZxPXK2JUYIduMoIfaIhMV1KZ4GSFcy_rnOQ_SYNEG2vbrBjwbh2fBnG29aPCZZj/s1600-h/chevjuly.jpg . I am a co-curator at Omphale and in addition to my participation in a number of group shows there I had a one-man show there August 3-31.

four-colour-pen-decorated envelope to Christine Tarantino

You can see this at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptIdqYPhhhvu6_vLOzDG30of40ADZ7JPi80Cb1wxnQjb4pvmseqCdxLzeLqz3DRkuVrDwL67yXE1mORo2UxRK-5NHt0pfxNyqPIcmyP0HEAquHmWMjorFtIHlxVrpMGB8bNfT/s1600-h/chse.jpg . Note the Canine Cancer cancellation.

decorated envelope to Christine Tarantino with Southie personalized postage

You can see this at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUMwWW37YTBDRHH5yntVKhVtXyO4lkDK1ntMwDQaaqBGJpp-3hoQbrs4EfsdqqvCUmxfQpasGTSaMlHaRoJENCFDxCCX38fFJHPsp51N19QVvltHJa7EFK2prXNx9Qi35mZXh/s1600-h/chsept.jpg . Note the four Irish coats-of-arms.

blacklight-pen-decorated envelope I sent to Christine Tarantino

You can see this at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAOV739nlSxhG7SLs2Adzp5IGF8VXMW8VQWLDdA3OwoaXkA3rKNVJRNWcgDoC0cCrb4E7J2dw-lm6nPKZpHHDvBMnzSTcfIKmjQcwvyyHd4BMQNj-v_zlgZevmBgYdlVPc6i4/s1600-h/chboy.jpg . Note the personalized postage of Harvard Yard and the postage-due label.

Halloween card I sent to Christine Tarantino

You can see this at http://christinetarantino.blogspot.com/2007/10/chevalier-daniel-c-boyer-usa.html .

decorated envelope to Christine Tarantino with enclosed mail-art call

You can see this at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFGNJhtp7j4QnsNHWaNKlDhNZFaVY1DkrDaOVtOEtX7Fi5fmho8uxo0eDjn28u1rIGdoTldla6ealdIwIT1Cnbtb58moVWuBQeBa1nd2vgXafQNnEytisctnvURfJqWHni58I/s1600-h/cbb.jpg ; the mail art call's (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5BnP8dmj6wSbtIRvGtWdwt4Z3Go3W4gXMj1s7azXpX8DcgfSwi-pwE2a3eVGawKvkgRIAUL3lIJR-WaVWyH2o46mDPG80hTVI6LcJBvngZTFb1Jpa2vZWaj2wQPD8_Bnru6E/s1600-h/cb.jpg) deadline is now passed.

watercolour-pencil-decorated envelope to Christine Tarantino with Degrassi hockey sweater

You can see this at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBmR9_9Mzkh8LyVBeIZmRUv141FzBxeZiZMNGwC3mNL0oMUBicKm_LLLTaukN5nze8r5tGa6ai35mIOAXzFPquUbtITLi6E26wrDsfqWq6jgfP2i_XRufXSfdvsyWcosSH26o/s1600-h/chb.jpg .

decorated call for Global Art Project

You can see this at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sq4nj_e-30JYE30rdCy9BxUi9mmHZGzuKI4PxVvJYRXEV6_vVbErFJcbys0k9VVn-Vlx4UZmutp6jjHvElLKwBUtAxR_dQqR_XH21HsgthLQ2ugr8rpzjtdOvN-xZuMGmtxr/s1600-h/chd.jpg . Note the personalised postage of the Nasher Sculpture Center. You can see more about the Global Art Project at www.globalartproject.org.

envelope to Christine Tarantino decorated with gouache

You can see this at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbqXujbkXPgL-T5DlxhNJ6tqBt3AKXJkXiHhxUBEcZmUnTljKmc8sSW9evHJ-sa6m3UEswvgcWWGPUvqYLYfVrc8eWLAWlSoIp1tzqCe6QrWz99uIzqrqoQ_bFl8VsIIkifG4/s1600-h/che.jpg .

envelope to Christine Tarantino decorated with highlighter and red flags

You can see this at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KpKakC7khMRSdbGZcHY25se9A4FzfPd6-pelTAO3ZrIH5kwXa5Rp-pcUKq9YoUa2lsGHEiVXuwWJ1nO0Mrfo-XtDK0J7H1fE66Ho4zoEEfVQFcmN_8P3UGYYKHQwduRcRWm_/s1600-h/dcb.jpg .

large envelope, business envelope and postcard to Christine Tarantino

You can see a large envelope decorated with a profile of a punk with liberty spikes, a decorated business envelope and a decorated postcard (from Postcards from the Edge at James Cohen Gallery in NYC, at which I had work), all to Christine Tarantino, at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVD13r42K1WtRUTmyPfCPe8ZOGNFjYO4H-AO2g-gKNMknSsGdmB1-gYNM793zCQO0Mbn00ml37jZymmb11ceStQca0AEHFRY38T3S3O7w6C7HvKjAvwFiwjOsrZiLEPNfi33Sq/s1600-h/chevalier002.jpg . Note the 2007 World Champions Red Sox and Fenway Park personalised postage.

magic-marker-decorated envelope to Christine Tarantino

gel-pen drawing in CT group shhow

I have a gel-pen and pen-and-ink drawing, My Transparent Image, My Entire Being, Is Reflected on the Bridge of Your Nose, in the group exhibition "8.5" x 11" Project" at Arts + Literature Laboratory in New Haven, CT; it began November 16 and will end December 23.

I Bienal del Pequeño Formato Venezuela

To see works included in this, including mine, go to http://bienalvenezuela.blogspot.com/; it will take place in the first trimester of the new year at the Ateneo Casa de los Arcos de Maracay.

article about me in November 27's Daily Mining Gazette

There's an article about me, "Art 101 to feature Boyer artwork," in November 27's (Houghton, Michigan) Daily Mining Gazette.

drawing to be in show at BC gallery

I am going to have a pen-and-ink drawing, The Pizza Chef, in this at Arrowsmith Gallery in Parksville, British Columbia, Canada from May 1- June 3.

roof design to be in CA show

I am going to have a design for roofs, including Shingle Style, in "Inside and Out: Architecture and Interior Design" at Picasso's Deli and Gallery in Modesto, California, USA March 15-29.

The Love of Distance

My new drawing on printed paper The Love of Distance is on sale at Etsy.com: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8440010 .

The Body and Its Relation with Space

You can see my erasable highlighter drawing on this (along with the envelope it was mailed in) at this blog: http://corpospace.blogspot.com/2007/11/chevalier-daniel-c-boyer.html .

plan for bust of Septimus Severus sculpted from cocaine in Dutch surrealist mag

My plans for a bust of Septimus Severus sculpted out of cocaine appeared in the Dutch surrealist magazine Brumes Blondes (3rd Series, No.8).