C. T. Chew
2010

Original artistamp by buZ blurr.

Intermediate State

Finished Poster

Homage to buZ blurr
Offset Lithograph, 38"H x 27"W, 2010

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Essay
"On Waiting for Superman"
The artist muses about education.

Shapes
A new sheet of stamps from Triangle Post!
11"H x 8.5"W, 2010
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Work in Progress 9/22/10:
Waiting for Godog

Works Illustrating Poems by Walt Whitman

Recently a friend mentioned Walt Whitman and how beautiful, insightful and timeless his work is even though he wrote more than a century ago. I had read Whitman, but the resonance his words carry for me now is far greater than in my youth. I decided to let his inspiration help me create a number of prints illustrating different poems. This is an ongoing project.

A Clear Midnight
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 15.5"H x 20"W, 2010
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To You
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 15.5"H x 20"W, 2010
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Unfolded
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 15"H x 20"W, 2010
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Come, said my Soul
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 20"H x 15"W, 2010
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Miracles
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 20"H x 15"W, 2010
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Spontaneous Me
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 15"H x 20"W, 2010
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What is the grass?
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 16.25"H x 20"W, 2010
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And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 15"H x 20"W, 2010
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The Almost Gone Series

For a number of years I have been fascinated by the beauty of what is not there, what is missing, or what has been alterd or destroyed. Imagine yourself in a museum. The work you have come to see is gone, the frame empty, and in its place is a small note card saying, "Object on loan to the Museo Conceptual de Madrid." I sense beauty and humor hides in that void.


On Loan
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 21"H x 15"W, 2010
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Lucky Numbers
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 21"H x 15"W, 2010
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Fresh Out of Luck
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 21"H x 15"W, 2010
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World's Best Colors
Print: Giclée on Paper, Limited Edition of 50,
Aspect: 21"H x 15"W, 2010
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A number of you quite correctly pointed out that I did not actually have a show at the J. Paul Getty Center , June 29-September 25. I even went so far as to contact the curator there, a Mr. John A. Giurini, Assistant Director, Public Affairs, to ask him about this. His pleasant reply was, he had no knowledge of any such exhibition. Here is the deal...When you are a pretty good artist and 62 years of age and the Getty or Whitney or MOMA have never shown any interest in your work, the chances of getting a shows there in your lifetime are hovering close to 0 (zero). That should not stop you from pretending that you had a show(s) there!
30 Years Ago!
From our archives! A video of the
sacrifice of the Prehistoric Post Office,
August 23, 1980

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©2010 C T Chew