Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Historical Society Box 3: “Complete and Utter Failures”


$100 USD ***SOLD***

Items:

01. One (1) unused collage from very weak solo exhibition at the Visual Arts Gallery in 2003.
02. One (1) sketchbook with strange, out of date, cartoonish drawings. NO THANKS!
03. One (1) handmade book of color photographs accompanied by way trite questions.
04. One (1) unfinished Amanda Lear story, handwritten in a composition book. Product of way too many benzos.
05. One (1) supposedly erotic prose poem. Boring, trite, un-sexy.
06. Two (1) rubber ducks from an unfinished photography book about Ducks and Heads.
07. One (1) list of all the cd’s that were sold when artist was too poor to pay for rent in 2005. Received a total of $218. Most records are now out of print.
08. One (1) email from Williams Nabers describing “slackertude.”
09. One (1) press release, typewritten, for “Twilight Hill-Hopping and Incidents at Gate-11,” a thin, often absurd, poorly executed exhibition.
10. Three (3) women’s names.
11. One (1) ticket from the Transit Adjudication Bureau for hopping a turnstile. Unpaid.
12. One (1) utility turn-off notice from Consolidated Edison. Ripped.
13. One (1) Social Security Statement.
14. One (1) unpaid hospital bill.
15. One (1) unopened bank statement, either for bounced check or to just routine statement.
16. One (1) unopened Consolidated Edison bill.
17. One (1) April To-Do list. Most things were not “done.”
18. One (1) palette on paper from painting that was almost good, then destroyed with one fell stroke. Trashed. Failed. Yuck.
19. unused collage parts
20. cards from unpublished editioned box. Proposed in 2003, then forgotten.
21. torn pages from 1998 and 1999 journal. Oh “the oh-poor me” seriousness of it all is just gross. GAG!
22. cards from By Request My Epitaph show. These cards were a success and the show a critical success, but ultimately did artist in financially.
23. One (1) inkjet print of photograph with drawing over it. Unseen. Unused. Kind of wrinkled.
24. One (1) misprinted ruined newsletter edition.
25. Margot Kidder posters
26. One (1) unrealized sketch of a vitrine for By Request… exhibition. Would have been pretty cool. Expensive.
27. sketches for failed and unfinished tattoo for John O’hara fueled by a night of beer and speed. Watched 8 1/2 instead of finishing. Product “il i” and a scribble.
28. One (1) set of papers with notes from Williams Nabers.
29. unpublished book “Sometimes Me and You” notes to decide order.
30. T-Mobile activation for mobile phone that was valid for only 6 months.
31. One (1) collage sketch for unrealized sculpture for some nondescript project. Fake grass is fun.
32. One (1) book outlining 2003 Cash Flow Totals.
32. One (1) failed notebook for Iceland project. Symbol was only thing cool to come of it. Show was a failure. Alcohol makes you stupid.
34. color samples never used anywhere. Poor color samples. Failed destiny.
35. One (1) pad of post-its that read, “I might be deep in debt, but at least I have letters at the end of my name.”
36. One (1) broken typewriter spacebar. Was replaced with chopstick and masking tape.
37. Five (5) boring silly paintings on tiles from 2002. Childish.
38. One (1) broken Samsung phone with charger and earpiece. Rain killed the screen. Battery might have been fried in the microwave.
39. One (1) polaroid of a rubber duck still-life.
40. One (1) drawing.
41. One (1) childhood photomat photograph with Kermit the Frog. Wearing red, corduroy overalls.
42. One (1) set of ear muffs never used and never intended to be used. Christmas gift from mother.
43. One (1) ankle wrap from 2007 ankle injury. Still used on occasion during basketball games. Dirty. Gross.
44. One (1) roll of strange yellow tape that has been lugged around since 1999, never finding any real creative use for. Used in one collage. ONE.
45. One (1) piece of navy blue fabric.

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