DOMINGO, LOS DIECISIETE DE ENERO VEINTE-DIECISEIS

A new collaborative work between myself and JK Russ titled 'The Release', 2016, collage and oil on metal, 14” x 11”. We usually start with a regular-sized piece of aluminum that I commonly work on, I'll paint a standard backdrop in oil, then hand it over to JK Russ and she finds collage elements to place on the backdrop. After JK has finished, we talk about the images, configuration of forms and placement then talk about what is the best way to complete the work in oil paint. The best works or examples are the one that find a perfect conflation of our ideas and signifiers.

SABATO, EL OCHO DE SEPTIEMBRE, VEINTE DOCE

'Thirty-Three' publication, made in association with the touring exhibition of the same name.

essay titled 'The Divine Self and the  Church of Auto-Resurrection' by Dr Peter Howland

Designed by Tim Hansen and Matthew Nache of PAULNACHE

full colour, 78 pp, edition of 333

ISBN: 9 78-0-473-20990-2

I think we leap-yeared from Post-Modernism to Post Post-Modernism, then took the moving walkway to Dystopia-Networkism.

'The Meadows', JK Russ & Matthew Couper, 2011, oil and collage on metal, 275mm x 360mm, available to purchase
courtesy of Thermostat Art Gallery, New Zealand, http://www.thermostat.co.nz/
©2011, Couper Russ Studios LLC

MARTES, EL CINCO DE ABRIL, VEINTE-ONCE
Helvi Sipilä
2011
pencil on paper
5" x 7"

LUNES, EL CUATRO DE ABRIL, VEINTE-ONCE
Carlo Urbani
2011
pencil on paper
5" x 7"

DOMINGO, EL TRES DE ABRIL, VEINTE-ONCE
Graça Machel
2011
pencil on paper
5" x 7"

SABATO, EL DOS DE ABRIL, VEINTE-ONCE
Eleanor Roosevelt
2011
pencil on paper
5" x 7"

EL DÍA DEL TONTO DE ABRIL, EL UNO, VEINTE-ONCE
Sérgio Vieira de Mello
2011
pencil on paper
5" x 7"

JUEVES, EL TREINTE Y UNO DE MARZO, VEINTE-ONCE
Nadia Younes
2011
pencil on paper
5" x 7"

MIERCOLES, EL TREINTA DE MARZO, VEINTE-ONCE
Angela King
2011
pencil on paper
5" x 7"

MARTES, EL VEINTINUEVE DE MARZO, VEINTE-ONCE
Dag Hammarskjold
2004
pencil on paper
private collection, Wellington, NZ

VIERNES, EL OCHO DE OCTUBRE, VEINTE-DIEZ
I've been thinking about this whole 'left-handed' thing that I've been blessed/cursed with. Of course one of the most important texts on the subject, is in storage in New Zealand, so I'll have to make do with the internet, but will have to cross-reference everything as the internet is notorious for factual error, well, not the internet, but the people able to upload to it.
I've decided to start curating an exhibition about the subject. A mix of extant works I know of and works I'd like to commission by artists who I think will tackle the subject interestingly.
When it comes to being left-handed, I usually think of the negative things that annoy me, such as smudging ink while writing, sports equipment and, as you can see in the last post, guitars.
I'm painting a larger painting at the moment based on the theme of 'wrath of the left-hander'

(below) an ex-voto celebrating Left-Handed day in 2007.

MARTES, EL VEINTISEITE DE JULIO, VEINTE-DIEZ
Here is a link to an animation on my website of a ceramic head on a platter I made, based on St. John the Baptist.
Paul Maseyk formed the platter for me as my throwing skill had a lot left to be desired.
More information here and here.

DOMINGO, EL VEINTICINCO DE ABRIL, VEINTE-DIEZ

A cellphone-camera photograph of a ceramic collaboration between Mark Rayner and me. I made the piece (it relates to several mortality paintings I've done) and Mark glazed it. This piece was never shown, as it was completed after our show, Group Hug in 2009.