FREDRIC SNITZER GALLERY

ARTIST:  COOPER

MARCH 7th, 2003    “WHITE APPLIANCES”

SHOW LIST         (21 framed drawing and 1 framed photograph)

(305) 448-8976          3078 SW 38 Court Miami, Florida USA 33146   snitzer@snitzer.com

 

I never look directly at television,

I only watch with a mirror

16.75 x 10.75 inches

ink and acrylic on printed-paper   

2002

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My work is done, why wait? Followed immediately

by a single gunshot wound to the chest

24 x 19 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum and paper   

2002

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I know that buried deep in my chest somewhere

there is an old fashioned rotary counter that

clicks every time I see someone get

killed in a movie or on television,

and on this particular afternoon,

when my time came, I had only

sugar cubes and some

sushi in my stomach

24 x 18 inches

ink, distillant, pencil and acrylic on paper   

2002

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Log cabin, c’est moi

39.5 x 28 inches

mixed media on paper and vellum

2002

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Then get the fuck out of my life;

of course it’s fair, I didn’t even ask

24 x 19 inches

ink and acrylic on vellum, mylar and paper

2003

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In the evening she loved to dance in

front of cowboy gear

24 x 19 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum and paper    2002

 

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Cul-de-sac

18 x 12 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum and paper   

2002

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In the last moment of time the evolved

computer system will simulate all of

history and resurrect the dead

24 x 19 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum and photocopy   

2002

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My dealer’s dramaturge and his millinery

were arguing through the last two songs

24 x 19 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum and paper   

2003

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The taste of shit refried is twice as strong

24 x 18 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum and paper   

2003

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When you have fallen down, just lay there

and draw on the ground with sticks

8.25 x 6.25 inches

ink, pen and acrylic on vellum and paper   

2002

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You can always have your record sealed

8.25 x 6.5 inches

ink, pen and acrylic on vellum and paper   

2002

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The experimental liquor museum

16 x 10.5 inches

mixed media collage on mylar    2002

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And I’m the “loose canon”? …     (pause)          ?

23.5 x 11.25 inches

ink and watercolor on vellum and paper  

2003

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die, die, die, die ,die, die,

die, then call me tomorrow

24 x 19 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum

2003

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It always seemed like such a shame to me, the

way a grand estate wall would have such a

rickety makeshift guard tower in every corner

24 x 19 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum and paper   

2003

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nobody likes you (bored wealthy women version)

24 x 17.5 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum and paper   

2002

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that is a really dirty closet

24 x 19 inches

ink, pencil and acrylic on vellum and paper   

2002

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go ahead- prove electricity, and I will put

a confederate dollar in your pocket

24 x 19 inches

mixed media collage on paper   

2003

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That is a pipe against your head,

smack, and your dead

24 x 18 inches

mixed media collage on paper

2002

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It was like it never happened, like everything

was gone and nobody remembered it

(the root intrusion solution version)

48 x 39 inches

mixed media collage on paper

2002

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This is mine I want to show it to you

30 x 20 inches

c print , mounted

2002

 

 

Center of the gallery   :     INSTALLATION with audio

 

“You’ve stabbed so many times- and all the mysteries and quiet moments you will ever find are safely haunting that dark warm hole (or how you cut my head off)”

wood, cable, cable hoist, cotton, wool, stainless steel, audio electronics, copper and soundtrack

mixed media construction with 33 minute audio loop

2003

 

 

 

 Small wall hanging piece:  

 

“Get that bastard out of here, and put him on a bus.

Hopefully, you will never need anyone’s self-less help.”

Wood, neon and medical tubing

Mixed media construction   2003