Ontological Museum 2016 Acquisitions

Sunday, August 14, 2016

OM.2016.052 - Tokyo Mars - USA

OM.2016.051 - Chuck Welch (Crackerjack Kid) USA

Collages on extra large postcard 8.5 x 11 inches by Chuck Welch using the image from a correspondence sent to him by Cecil Touchon.

OM.2016.050 - The Sticker Dude - USA

Thursday, August 4, 2016

OM.2016.049 - Picasso Gaglione - Knoxville, Tennessee

OM.2016.048 - Horst Tress - Koln, Germany

OM.2016.048 - Horst Tress - Koln, Germany - envelope with stamp impressions and printed enclosures.
(responded august 4)

Thursday, July 28, 2016

OM.2016.047 - Mike Dickau - Sacramento, CA - USA

Mail Art from Mike Dickau for the Archives of the Eternal Network. enclosures include postcards (not shown), 2 artistamp sheets, individual artistamps, stickers, collaborative items including 2 'add and pass' sheets (not shown).

Saturday, June 11, 2016

OM.2016.046 - Gary Bibb - USA

OM.2016.046 - Gary Bibb - USA - 2016 - for the FluxMuseum - found objects - 10x8 inches

OM.2016.045 - Gary Bibb - USA

OM.2016.045 - Gary Bibb - USA - Black Strap - 2011 -

found object construction - 11x6.5x2.5 inches

The artist's creative process is more than an intellectual puzzle or an emotional exercise; it is an expression of the soul whereby the rational, emotional and spiritual components of our being work in concert, each playing an integral role.

Confronted with uncertainty and disorder, we strive to resolve these conflicts. Therefore, an artist develops a compulsion to complete the task of selecting, signifying and organizing the various pictorial elements until a personal sense of balance, harmony and purpose is achieved.

When we are immersed in this process, working toward the resolution, a disclosure, an unfolding, a mysterious revelation of the "inner man" occurs. Our complex system of conscious and subconscious awareness is activated and engaged, enabling us to draw upon our aggregate identity along with the sum of our experiences. In this manner the whole of our being becomes involved in the problem-solving challenge.

Building upon the foundations laid by twentieth century Surrealists, Abstract Expressionists, Color Field and Geometric Abstractionists, along with the infusion of some twenty-first century Casualist sensibilities,I have developed a visual vocabulary integrating and contemporizing these concepts. Therefore, I consider myself to be an Integrative Visualist.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

OM.2016.044 - Lynn La La - USA

OM.2016.044 - Lynn La La with Mary McGinnis - USA

loose collection of collaborative poems with collage elements and misc. enclosures.

OM.2016.042 - Graham Moody - USA

OM.2016.043 - Graham Moody - USA - Still on the Horizon: Two Decades of Collage - 2001 - Exhibition Catalog - Morris Graves Museum of Art with correspondence from the artist.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

OM.2016.041 - Ann Kirk - USA

OM.2016.041 - Ann Kirk - USA - collage - 8x5 inches

annkirk.com

OM.2016.040 - Sandy Styer - USA

OM.2016.040 - Sandy Styer - USA - collage on paper - 6x8 inches

OM.2016.039 - Julie Fitzgerald - USA

OM.2016.039 - Julie Fitzgerald - USA - collage on book cover - 8.5 x 5.5 inches

OM.2016.038 - Jennifer Kosharek - USA

OM.2016.038.01 - 24 Hour Zine - 2012 - 17 of 21 - 24 pages

contributors: Lydia Gottardi, Adamandia Kapsalis, Everlasting Kindness, John M. Bennett, Mark Bloch, Ed Gish, Ivana Rezek, Jennifer Kosharek, Jim Leftwich, Edwardo Cardoso, Sarah Hemm, Switch, Stefano Pasquini, Jennifer Ann Gordon

OM.2016.038.02 - Cavant Gourd #3 - 2013 - 13 of 19 - 20 pages

OM.2016.038.03 - HERE - 2011 - 3 of 10 - 20 pages

OM.2016.038.04 - Abalcabal -Feb 2011 that includes 12 loose pages from Susan Hulman, Keith Buchholz, Mark Bloch, William Everton, Angela Ferrara, Mathew Rose, Betty Esperanza, Bibiana Padilla Maltos, Allan Revich, Reid Wood, Jennifer Kosharek , Luann Palazzo - edition of 25