CHRISTINE A. TARANTINO ART NEWS

September 2012

Christine A. Tarantino - Hjuler BROTKATZE collaborations on exhibit at FzKKe Gallery, Germany, Sept. 1 - 30, 2012. http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/09/brotkatzen-exhibit-opens-sept-1.html

With the Blood of a Daylily - Poems & Drawings by the Homeless Poet by Christine A. Tarantino, published by Words of Light:http://wordsoflightbooks.blogspot.com/2012/08/with-blood-of-daylily-poems-drawings-by.html

THESE HANDS PRAY FOR GERONIMO, a visual poem of American Indians, by Christine A. Tarantino, published by Words of Light:http://wordsoflightbooks.blogspot.com/2012/08/these-hands-pray-for-geronimo-by.html

Christine A. Tarantino's ECDYSIS, snake skin artist book exhibited with 99 other book artists in Italy, curated by Maddalena Castegnaro. http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/09/mirabilibrimostra-internazionale-di.html

August
Christine A. Tarantino, Sign and Language Group Exhibit, Open Stal, The Netherlands.http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/08/christine-tarantino-sign-language-group.html

Christine A. Tarantino series of 40,"Being Human"
published by Redfoxpress, Assembling Box #20,
Ireland.
http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/08/assembling-box-20-christine-tarantino.html


RED LIPS - What is Your Version for Me? by Christine Tarantino is published by Words of Light now available in print or eBook formats. New version includes ALL 42 artists from 13 countries plus additional text and images by Christine Tarantino.http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-red-lips-book-available-at-lulucom.html

August internet art exhibit @ CHRISTINE TARANTINO
COLLECTION
features artist STEVE RANDOM.
http://christinetarantinocollection.blogspot.com/2012/08/steve-random-usa.html


July
WORDS OF LIGHT BOOKS, Art Publications By
Contemporary Artists, new blog offering various format books
published by Christine A. Tarantino. www.wordsoflightbooks.blogspot.com

Christine A. Tarantino/Words of Light publishes THE
SKY EMBRACES THE GREAT WORLD
by Walter Festuccia. http://www.lulu.com/shop/walter-festuccia/the-sky-embraces-the-great-world/paperback/product-20294750.html

Christine Tarantino, "Instant Person 1 & 2", self-portraits with Polaroid Camera for POLAROID MADNESS, project of Franticham, Ireland. On-line exhibit and exhibition Kassel, Germany during the DOCUMENTA 2012.http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2012/02/no-426-instant-person-1-2.htmlExhibition "INSTANT PEOPLE"250 polaroid self-portraits by 175 artists from 22 countries.11.– 23. Juli 2012 Zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung am Mittwoch, dem 11. Juli 2012 ab 19 Uhr möchten wir Sie und Ihre Freunde herzlich in denKasseler KunstvereinWerner-Hilpert-Straße 2334117 Kassel, einladen.

Christine A. TARANTINO, "Ecdysis" artist book exhibited at Villa Excelsa, Sannicola, Italia. Curator, Maddalena Castegnaro http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/06/christine-tarantino-anna-boschi-alfonso.html
Opening night: http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/07/naturalia-animalia-artist-book-exhibit.html

July internet art exhibit @ Christine Tarantino Collection features Anna Banana, Darlene Altschul, & John Mountain.http://christinetarantinocollection.blogspot.com/2012/07/anna-banana-darlene-altschul-john.html

June 2012
"THESE HANDS" call for entries, newest project from Christine TARANTINO.http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/06/these-hands-newest-christine-tarantino.html

June internet art exhibit @ Christine Tarantino Collection features Antoni Miró.
http://christinetarantinocollection.blogspot.com/2012/06/antoni-miro.html

May
"Fear No NewNew Art" artist book published by Redfoxpress, Assembling Box #19, Ireland.http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/05/fluxus-assembling-box-19-redfoxpress.html

"E-mail Between the Artist & Her Lover" artist book exhibited Villa Giulia, Italia. Curator Marisa Cortese.http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/05/tarantino-artist-book-villa-giulia.html

"WHO AM I?" artist book exhibited Mostra Internazionale, Italia. Curator Virginia Milici.http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/05/tarantino-artist-book-who-am-i-in.html

"RED LIPS of Christine Tarantino", art booklet by Bruno Chiarlone published in Italy. http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/05/red-lips-of-christine-tarantino-by.html

May internet art exhibit @ CHRISTINE TARANTINO COLLECTION features artist RYOSUKE COHEN.
http://christinetarantinocollection.blogspot.com/2012/05/ryosuke-cohen-japan.html

April
Christine TARANTINO, "RED LIPS FOR DALAI LAMA" exhibition @ INviso, Padiglione TIBET, AssociazioneSal Viana frazione Saliana Pianello del Lario (CO)curated by Ruggero Maggi. http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/04/inviso-padiglione-tibet-cura-di-ruggero.html

April internet art exhibit @ CHRISTINE TARANTINO COLLECTION features artists Daniel C. Boyer and Richard Canard. http://christinetarantinocollection.blogspot.com/2012/04/daniel-c-boyer-richard-canard.html

March
Christine Tarantino, "NEWNEW ART Mono-Prints"
published in"Franticham's Fluxus Assembling Box Nr 18",
Redfoxpress, IRELAND.
http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2011/11/no-402-newnew-mono-print-series.htmlhttp://www.redfoxpress.com/ass.box18.html

DODODADIANI featured this month
in internet art exhibit at Christine Tarantino Collection. Dododadiani
internet art exhibit
.http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/03/dododadiani-christine-tarantino.html

February
RED LIPS Project: What is your
version for me? Send to:tarantinochristine@yahoo.com or RED LIPS, Box
121, Wendell, MA 01379 USA
"Sometimes I need red apple. Sometimes I need
red lips."-- Nam June Paik
Your RED LIPS art modification will yield
online documentation, maileddocumentation, and potential publication. Please
include a mailing address with your submission.

Christine Tarantino, "Better Together: Harmony; Radiance; Consciousness; Evolution", International Mother Language Day Art Exhibit, Kathmandu, NEPAL, by invitation of Rafique Sulayman, Curator. http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-412-better-together-harmony-radiance.html

Christine Tarantino, "Flux-USA Gallery of Stars with Lucy Chew Intervention" http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2011/12/no-403-flux-usa-galaxy.html exhibited in Group Show: Fluxfest Chicago 2012 (Chicago, USA) FROM THE ARCHIVE Mailart and Fluxus from the archives of Fluxus/St. Louis. Opening reception Chicago Art Institute, Joan Flasch Library.

February online art exhibits from 'The Christine Tarantino Collection' features Belgian artists Guido Vermeulen and Gerson Wenglinski. http://christinetarantinocollection.blogspot.com/2012/01/guido-vermeulen-and-gerson-wenglinski.html

January
Christine Tarantino, "RED-BERRY Series" published in "Franticham's Fluxus Assembling Box Nr 17", Redfoxpress, IRELAND. http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-377-red-berry-stained-series.html http://www.redfoxpress.com/ass.box17.html

FAX Exhibit, The DeVos Art Museum, Michigan, USA, curated by Ribas; organized by The Drawing Center and ICI, NYC. TARANTINO "I of the EYE-FAX", asemic writing series: http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-416-i-of-eye-fax.html

Wooden Postcard Exhibit, Stehekin Post Office, Stehekin, Washington, USA. Christine Tarantino work: http://christinetarantino.blogspot.com/2012/01/outgoing-wooden-postcards-mail-art.html
http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-417-american-women-artists-as-tree.html

Christine Tarantino, "PhotoBooth" work published in new book, "Photobooth Performances" by Ginny Lloyd. http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2011/07/no-379-photobooth-book-performance.html http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/01/photobooth-performances-by-ginny-lloyd.html

Christine Tarantino, Mail Art and Video Performance at Galleriea Terre Rare, Bologna, Italy, January 28 - February 8, 2012. Project of Maurizio Follin, Italia. http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-commercial-potential-phaze-ii-show.html
http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-commercial-potential-phaze-ii-show_29.htm

Christine Tarantino, RED LIPS for Dalai Lama, collage exhibited at Venice Biennial Tibet Pavilion – Palazzo delle Esposizioni Sala Nervi - Torino, project of Ruggero Maggi, Milan, Italy.
http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-409-red-lips-for-dalai-llama.html

Christine Tarantino exhibited at Foundation IK New Year Celebration Exhibit "I WISH", The Netherlands, by invitation of Ko de Jonge. http://wordsoflightart.blogspot.com/2011/12/no-406-ik-wens-i-wish.html

The Christine Tarantino Collection, newest Christine Tarantino art blog started on January 1, 2012. Showcasing selected works from my 20 year collection of works on paper from artists around the globe. http://christinetarantinocollection.blogspot.com/

Christine Tarantino-Hjuler BROTKATZE Collaboration exhibited at GALERIE "Offenes Atelier D.U. Design", Austria, Barbara Rapp, Curator. http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/01/hjuler-brotkatze-exhibit-austria.html http://www.offenesatelier.com/kommissar-hjulers-brotkatze-kollaborationen-1401-01022012/
http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/01/austrian-exhibit-tarantino-and-mamabaer.html
http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2012/01/brotkatze-catalogue-hjuler.html

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

No. 207 GREEN SEEN Mail Art, exhibit sign



GREEN SEEN Mail Art exhibit sign, postage stamp collage, 2009
Created for exhibit, Wendell Free Library

Saturday, December 19, 2009

No. 204 PLANET MANUAL Chapt. 22 Spiritual Struggle


PLANET MANUAL Chapt. 22 Spiritual Struggle, 2009, [Paint] Digital asemic writing
Page from digital asemic writing artist book in progress

Thursday, December 17, 2009

No. 203 PLANET MANUAL Part 3 Meaning, Database of Consciousness

PLANET MANUAL Part 3 Meaning, Database of Consciousness, [Paint] digital asemic writing, 2009
Page from asemic artist book in progress

No. 202 PLANET MANUAL Chapt. 15 Power of Genius and Creativity

PLANET MANUAL Chapt. 15 Power of Genius and Creativity, [Paint] digital asemic writing, 2009
Page from asemic artist book in progress

No. 201 PLANET MANUAL Chapt.18, Physical Health & Power

PLANET MANUAL Chapt.18 Physical Health & Power, [Paint]digital asemic writing, 2009
Asemic artist book page in progress

No. 200 Zhen[Zehn] Katzen to Contemplate




Zhen[Zehn] Katzen to Contemplate, suite of ten [match]box assemblages,
Kommissar Hjuler and Christine Tarantino, 2009
Collaboration initiated with Hjuler 'bread cats'
http://www.asylum-lunaticum.de/Brotkatze/images/schule_025.jpg
http://www.asylum-lunaticum.de/Brotkatze/index.html

Thursday, November 26, 2009

No. 199 thanks giving

thanks giving, visual poetry, 2009
Altered photograph of "American Indian Playing an Instrument"

Sunday, November 22, 2009

No. 198 PLANET MANUAL Chapter 6 Power of Art, Beauty

PLANET MANUAL Chapter 6 Power of Art, Beauty, digital asemic writing, 2009
Page from asemic artist book in progress

Monday, November 16, 2009

No. 197 HOMELESS POET Art, Life, & Truth




HOMELESS POET Art, Life, & Truth, 2009, artist book, 24.7 x 18.5 cm., sewn black marble cover school composition notebook with seventy 3 x 5 inch color reproductions of 'homeless poet' works of visual poetry; independent creations and works in series.
Created for artist book exhibition; Botkyrka Konsthall, Botkyrka Kommun, Tumba SWEDEN

Saturday, November 14, 2009

No. 196 PLANET MANUAL Chapter 5 Absolute Will

PLANET MANUAL Chapter 5 Absolute Will, digital asemic writing, 2009
Page from asemic artist book in progress

Saturday, November 7, 2009

No. 195 PLANET MANUAL Chapter 4 Test Results and Interpretation

PLANET MANUAL Chapter 4 Test Results and Interpretation, digital asemic writing, 2009
Page from asemic artist book in progress

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

No. 194 PLANET MANUAL, Figure 2, Map of Consciousness

PLANET MANUAL, Figure 2, Map of Consciousness, digital asemic writing, 2009
Page from asemic artist book in progress

Sunday, November 1, 2009

No. 193 PLANET MANUAL Chapter 3, Manifest Explicate


PLANET MANUAL Chapter 3, Manifest Explicate, digital asemic writing, 2009
Asemic artist book in progress

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

No. 192 PLANET MANUAL Chapt. 2 Critical Advances in Knowledge

PLANET MANUAL Chapt. 2 Critical Advances in Knowledge, digital asemic writing, 2009
Asemic artist book in progress

Sunday, October 25, 2009

No. 191 Words of Light, artist book




Words of Light, 2009, box assemblage artist book, 12 x 16 x 16 cm., wood box with words, containing gold foil scroll with handwritten words, nestled in red tissue paper, signed and dated.
Created for 2009 Artist Book Competition, CULTURAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDIUM VERBAMANENT_BOOK, Italia

http://fluxusa.blogspot.com/2010/02/fabbricanti-di-libri-2009-catalogo.html

Saturday, October 24, 2009

No. 190 PLANET MANUAL Part 1 Tools, Causality

PLANET MANUAL Part 1 Tools, Causality, digital asemic writing, artist book, 2009
Page from asemic artist book in progress

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

No. 189 PLANET MANUAL Part 1 Figure 1

PLANET MANUAL Part 1 Figure 1, digital asemic writing, 2009
Page from asemic artist book in progress, PLANET MANUAL

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Friday, October 16, 2009

No. 187 PLANET MANUAL Part 1 chapter 1 History & Methodology


PLANET MANUAL Part 1 chapter 1 History & Methodology, asemic writing, digital, 2009
Asemic artist book in progress

Thursday, October 15, 2009

No. 186 PLANET MANUAL Forward


PLANET MANUAL Forward, asemic writing, digital, 2009
Pages from asemic artist book in progress

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Monday, October 12, 2009

No. 184 NEW NEW ART/LIFE

NEW NEW ART/LIFE
Reaction to FLUXUS is/isn't Dead debates

No. 183 PLANET MANUAL Introduction





PLANET MANUAL Introduction, asemic writing, digital, 2009
PLANET MANUAL is an asemic artist book in progress

No. 182 RELEASING, Sun Walk Series, photographs




RELEASING, Sun Walk Series, visual poetry, photographs
Wendell Massachusetts neighborhood, October 11,2009

Sunday, September 27, 2009

No. 181 TARANTINO & REVICH, Something Special, Artist Book




















Tarantino & Revich, Something Special, artist book, 2009
Collaboration of Christine Tarantino and Allan Revich, Canada