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

Friday, January 30, 2009

No. 71 SNOW POEMS: Remembering LITTLE SPIRIT





Three Snow Poems: Remembering LITTLE SPIRIT,
printed photos mounted on black paper,
collaboration of Christine Tarantino, winter birds, and Dawson(photos)

No. 70 'CLOSEOUT', Postcard collage

Closeout, 'National Bank' postcard-collage with red metallic ellipse, postage stamps, paint, and glitter

No. 69 FREED*OM

FREED*OM, 2009, Collage, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in / 26 x 19.7 cm, signed and dated, entitled on back
Created for Dali & Others Show, International Mother Language Day Art Exhibition, 2009 , Bangladesh
Sent to Ambassador Waliur Rahman in Dhaka
(by invitation of Rafique Sulayman, Curator)
Dali & Others, Bangladesh Heritage Foundation: www.bhf-bd.org

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

No. 68 BLACK & RED, Poems on paper




Visio-textual work, white drawing pencil on red and black papers with holographic ellipse, 2009
Sent to Claudio Romeo, ITALIA for 'nero e rosso' mail art project
NOT FOR SALE

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

No. 64 JOSEPH STELLA: RESTLESS STAR

Visio-textual (homage)poem about Italian-American painter Joseph Stella, (1877-1946) Futurism

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

No. 63 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WORK

Collage with names of Italian Renaissance artists and the words "Americano, ma Italiano nato il cuore e l'anima" (American-born but Italian heart and spirit)
SENT TO BRUNO CHIARLONE FOR ARTE IN POLIS SHOW IN ITALY

No. 62 A TUTTI I LOVE


Collage with words, "A Tutti I Love"
SENT TO BRUNO CHIARLONE FOR ARTE IN POLIS SHOW IN ITALY

Monday, January 19, 2009

No. 61 (OM)-BUDDHA-BATH, 2


Photo-collage (ChristineTarantino) created for Rafique Sulayman project/exhibition in Bangladesh,
"Every Saint Has A Past, Every Sinner Has A Future"
NOT FOR SALE

Sunday, January 18, 2009

No. 60 BUDDHA-BATH

BUDDHA-BATH photo-collage
SENT TO BRUNO CHIARLONE FOR ARTE IN POLIS SHOW, ITALY

No. 59 SELF-PORTRAIT/ENTER


Altered photograph, self-portrait, 2009
Created for exhibition at The Yaroslavi Art Museum in RUSSIA (mail art project to celebrate 90 years)
NOT FOR SALE

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Sunday, January 11, 2009

No. 49 TOTEM NAME ART, MAUD Collage

Totem name art collage with birchbark, silver foil, and paint.
MAUD AYSON COLLECTION, FRUITLANDS MUSEUM, Harvard, MAssachusetts.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 48 POUDRE VISION MAUDE Collage

Collage with text, birchbark, and feather.
MAUD AYSON COLLECTION, FRUITLANDS MUSEUM, Harvard, MA.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 47 BUT MY SOUL IS FREE

BUT MY SOUL IS FREE - prison poet, 2009 created at D'Wildwood Studio

No. 46 I AM PART OF THE EARTH, 2 (framed)

Featured on Bridging Heaven & Earth's televised 'Fourth Annual Art Project Show' in California, June 20, 2009

Saturday, January 10, 2009

No. 45 MICHAELANGELO IS MY BROTHER Poem




Handwritten 2-page poem

No. 44 WORDS OF LIGHT will last forever...


Created 2001 at Mill Pond, signed Christar

No. 43 ETHEREAL FEATHER


Created at Mill Pond, signed Christar

No. 42 OBAMA-HOPE Collage

Collage sent as mail art to Peter Dowker.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 41 MALOK-TOTEM Collage

Word art collage for Malok, sent as mail art.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 40 STONE-TOTEM Collage


STONE-TOTEM, word-art collage sent as mail art to David Stone.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 39 HIGH BRIGHT LIFE



HIGH BRIGHT LIFE, 2007, paint, markers, and glitter on black paper, 18 x 24 inches


38. BICYCLE, 2 Collage

BICYCLE, 2 collage by Antoni Miro and Christine Tarantino.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 37 PEACE PAGODA

Altered photograph of Leverett PEACE PAGODA in MAssachusetts

No. 36 C(h)AT


Oil pastels and tempera on paper

No. 35 FIAT 500

Created for FIAT 500 Exhibition, ITALIA.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 34 POETIC ECSTASY

Sent as mail art to Jim Leftwich.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 33 FEAST OF HER-STORY Collage

Sent as mail art to ITALY for project of Anna Boschi.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 32 FRUITLANDS-TOTEM Collage


Collage created for FRUITLANDS MUSEUM (Auction).
FRUITLANDS MUSEUM Collection, Harvard MAssachusetts.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 31 BICYCLE Collage

Bicycle Collage by Antoni Miro and Christine Tarantino.
NOT FOR SALE.

No. 30 SCRIBBLES, DOODLES, & MARKINGS Artist Book





SCRIBBLES, DOODLES, & MARKINGS, portfolio, artist book, and a sample page created from Desk Graffitti Performance held during year-long teaching at Holy Trinity School.
SOLD AT AUCTION.