FOUND ART series - from TAssie to Switzerland and back again

Italy continued

2007-08-26T07:11:00.001-07:00

still a bit sketchy ....
We went to Florence also but i never left any art there. It was my least favourite place.

#63
Sienna, Italy
24 August 2007
Same building, different spot as numbers 61 and 62.

#63

#62
Sienna, 24 August 2007
same as #63 which was picked up so i left this one at the same spot five minutes after.

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#61
lost in Sienna. A beautiful big building with apartments above and a large statue of mary at the top of a staircase behind huge gates on the ground floor of this building.
24 August 2007

#60

#60
Carlo Alberto Rossi Galeria, Gubbio, Italy 23 August 2007

#59

#59
lost in Gubbio, Italy. Gallery of Roberto Sironi 23 August 2007

#58
lost in Gubbio, Italy. Gallery of Roberto Sironi 23 August 2007

#57
lost at the Galleria civica d'arte moderna
Spoleto, Italy 22 August 2007

#56

#55

#54
Romitelli Studio - Piazza Colicola, SPoletto, Italy 22 August 2007

#54

#53
an art gallery in Spoletto, Italy
the Otello Scatolini
22 August 2007

#52
?

#51
lost in Cortona, Italy - on a doorstep of 'KOINE' Lingue Italiana per stranieri (Italian language for foreigners)
21 August 2007

losing track ... 46-50 in Perugia, Italy

2007-08-26T06:20:00.000-07:00

we left Zurich for Italy on Friday 16 August - returned Saturday 25 August 2007. No internet connection in Italy so i kept track using my camera and making notes (sometimes) ...

#50
lost in an antique restorer's shop in Perugia.
20 August 2007

#49
lost in an antique restorer's shop in Perugia.
20 August 2007

#48
left on a doorstep of a home in Perugia.

#47
lost in the courtyard of
23 Universtia degli studi di Perugia
20 August 2007

#46
lost at 23 Universtia degli studi di Perugia
(Nucleo di progetta zione universitana - Primo Piana)
20 August 2007

#43-45 the day before leaving for Italy

2007-08-26T03:10:00.001-07:00

#45
Zurich - 16 August 2007

#44
lost at Huber & Lang Fachbucher Medien
16 August 2007

#43 lost at
Spectrum Optic, Zurich
16 August 2007

catching up ... no internet access for a week

2007-08-26T03:03:00.001-07:00

#42
lost at the Galerie Sylva Denzler
16 August 2007

#41
lost inside the courtyard garden of a B&B
torrione appartmenti
located in the walled piazza at Lake Trasimino at Castigilione, Perugia
20 August 2007

16 August ... #40 & 41 still in my handbag
will update here when 'lost'

losing a few more 15 August 2007

2007-08-17T06:27:00.001-07:00

#039
lost on the window sill of L F Galleries
Zurich

#038
inside CLICK Trend & Art House

#037
lost inside CLICK Trend and Art House

#34, 35 & 36 - 13 & 15 August 2007

2007-08-16T03:16:00.000-07:00

#036
lost inside Click Trend & Art house
15 August 2007

#35
lost on the doorstep of Schmuckforum, zurich - a curio shop - which was closed on this day. 13 August 2007

(I have since received an email written in German from this shopowner)

#34
lost outside CLICK Trend & Art House
- contemporary knick knacks and jewellery, frames and ephemera - also closed
13 August 2007

and it continues ... losing 28-33

2007-08-13T08:45:00.001-07:00

i love this part of the series ....

there is a positive/negative feel to the whole of this part of the series (#25-36) where the image is sometimes positive and the spaces sometimes are - a bit like are a zebras stripes black or white?

033
i have kept this one
no, seriously ... i have kept this one
you will 'find' it on my fridge

032
lost on a park bench along the river Limmat
whilst exploring Niederdorf
12 August 2007

031
lost at Galerie Werner Bommer, Zurich

12 August 2007

030
lost at Galerie Gatelier, Zurich

029
Germann Auktionshaus, Zurich

028
Dewolfen (artists gallery), Zurich

numbers 25-27

2007-08-13T07:18:00.001-07:00

025
lost on the steps of the church
on Minervastrasse

026
lost at a gallery 'Artebafineart'
placed on the door

027
Frobelstrasse 33 - an apartment complex

losing 16-24

2007-08-09T05:33:00.000-07:00

i myself got happily lost in the Kunsthaus Zurich (gallery/museum) today - a wonderful 3 hours spent ... discovered all those old masters and abstract expressionists i love - looking at real paintings and not repros in books ! this is where i lost some pieces

024
8 August - lost in the reading room of one of the exhibits at the Kunshaus, Zurich

023
8 August - lost in the bookshop an hour after the last one 2.45pm

022
8 August - another lost at the front reception, Kunsthaus, Zurich - 1.50pm

021
8 August - lost at the reception desk of the Kunsthaus, Zurich 12.40pm

020
8 August - lost at the counter of the bookshop at the Kunsthaus, Zurich
12.30pm

019
8 August 2007 - lost on a staircase of what looks like a theatre on the way to Kunsthaus Zurich (gallery/museum) - called Jecklin

018
on the door of the Galerie Nicolas Beurret (closed until 20 August 2007)

017
5 August - lost on the staircase at address Klosbachstrasse 106

016
5 August 2007 - lost on an outside table of a closed Italian restaurant "Romertopf Spezialitaten"

6 August losing 13-15 - approximately 3pm

2007-08-07T04:54:00.001-07:00

015
6 August - on a ledge between a walkway and a garden beneath the Bellevue Platz sign on Kreuzbuhlstrasse.

014
6 August - in the foyer of this building Publicitas Promotion Network, numbered 22 (street ?)

013 -
6 August 2007 - in the foyer of Kronenhalle

found art 008-012 (lost)

2007-08-07T02:48:00.000-07:00

08
4 August - lost on the ledge of a shop "Paradiesli Bioladen"

09
4 August - lost in the foyer of apartments on Kreuzstrasse. (see comments - founder of piece!)

010
5 August - lost on a ledge corner of Ariestrasse

011
5 August - a florist "Blumen Sauber" in ?
its under the railway line as you head down toward the square with the fountain down by the river.

012
4 August - left at our table after eating in an open air restaurant by the Limmat River
2.30pm

005 - 007

2007-08-04T12:53:00.000-07:00

found art 005
3 August 2007 - lost in the bookshop Orell Fussli, Gottfried Keller Str. - ground floor. 3.50pm

found art 006
3 August - lost on second floor of same bookshop. 3.55pm

found art 007
3 August - lost halfway up the staircase to the second floor of the same bookshop. 4pm

about to leave . in a day or so - losing 1-4

2007-07-30T00:31:00.000-07:00

number 1 of foundart series
1 August 2007 - lost in the ladies, Launceston Airport. 9.10am

02
1 August - lost in a seat in the departure lounge, Launceston Airport. 9.40am

03
1 August - lost in the ladies, Melbourne Airport. 1.20pm

04
2 August - lost on step on the 4th floor of a building in Klosbachstrasse, Zurich. 5pm

29 July 2007- numbers 1 to 7 packed in my handbag ... ready to lose (to be found) ...
will post tracking records as i go along ....

as some trick of serendipity would have it

2007-07-23T00:23:00.000-07:00

this is the first of the boards ... and (for various technical reasons) it turned out to be the last of the boards to reach resolution

this, being the first, shows the various stages more than any of the other boards ...

as you can see ....this one was first whited out creating the shapes - again from my pottery collection... then blacked out redefining the shapes and finally, again whited out redefining the redefining !

to see the final stages of evolution keep an eye out for the cards from this piece ... they are the ones numbered 65-75 (and in theory, should be lost (to be found) toward the end of august 2007, somewhere between Switzerland and Tasmania, the return journey.

#37 - 52 dont have a before and after to show you

2007-07-22T20:26:00.001-07:00

for this board i worked straight into collaged bits of coloured and textured papers first in black sumi ink creating the shapes and then in white redefining the vessel shapes.

these have been cut up into business card sizes making up the numbers 37-52

on the back of each one i have placed a label that says : -

FOUND ART SERIES #
you have found a small piece of art that is yours to keep - see the story at http://fyneartsfoundart.blogspot.com
email GINA at fynearts@aapt.net.au

board number 5

2007-07-22T20:19:00.000-07:00

from this original collage made in 1999

to this, just prior to chopping up into business card sizes and some reworking on individual pieces.

the next 12

2007-07-22T02:34:00.000-07:00

there are 6 boards cut into approximately 12 biz card sizes to make up the FOUND ART series ... one was discarded as 'lost' -unable to rescue it as a successful piece ... so today, i have ended up with 75 pieces - no more now ... the series has evolved to its end and i am out of time ... gotta pack now !

this is the third board ... keep in touch to see how the individual pieces go - i will post them as i lose them (to be found) ...

the original collage was created in 1999 ... i placed a vermillion border around the piece to take it to the edge of the board. and this time rather than just working white over the colour and texture, i worked black over the colour and texture first... and then white over that ... creating black borders around the vase/pottery shapes.

the series continues

2007-07-21T05:01:00.000-07:00

the next one ... this is the collage in 1999
it went right to the edges of the 30x23cm board

'worked' papers include digital printed, gesso, tissue, monoprint and gold leaf

overpainted with white creating shapes
from my ink bottle collection
then cut into business cards size and lines
enhanced with black and letraset lettering ...

how the series begins

2007-07-18T04:50:00.000-07:00

i took this collage made in 1999 -
it measures approximately 29x24cm (12x10") ... combination of shibori'd papers, calligraphy and gesso on matboard.

i cleaned up the borders by painting a strip of vermillion gouache taking it right to the edge of the board.

then i overpainted with white gouache creating vessel shapes using my campbells pottery collection as inspiration for the shapes.

the board is then cut up into small business card sizes - approximately 7x5cm (3x2")

and each one is individually worked making it a piece capable of standing on its own .... a small part of the whole.

closeup in progress.

Art in progress

2007-07-03T15:18:00.000-07:00

I leave Tasmania for Switzerland in less than four weeks time and am three quarters of the way through creating 60 pieces of small FOUND ART series. originally i was going to lose 1 a day, but because the idea clicked and the little pieces look so great it will now be 2 a day - i am away for 30 days.

my cat Russell is 'helping'

the idea

2007-06-13T15:09:00.000-07:00

i am travelling to Switzerland in August to spend a month with my daughter and her partner who live there and my initial idea of 'doing' art clicked finally this weekend ... i had been thinking for a while i would like to make a 'found art' series where i take small bits of art that look like finished pieces - small as in business card size - and have my website details on the back that tells the story of the 'found art' series and then to leave one at places along the way on my trip to switzerland and other places - so create and take 30 pieces and 'lose' one a day telling the story on the website.

Perhaps even contact from the founder telling me of their experience.