"The Scourging at the Pillar (Detail)"

An original IBL photograph taken Tuesday, December 12th, 2023, Doc's Clock, Mission District, San Francisco.  (See previous post.)

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"The Scourging at the Pillar"

An original IBL photograph taken Tuesday, December 12th, 2023, Doc's Clock, Mission District, San Francisco.  (For detailed view, see subsequent post.)

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"Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine"

Torn page from child's religious instruction book with masking tape and felt pen, 6.25 x 5.5 inches, Sunday, November 12th, 2023, Plough and Stars, San Francisco.

 
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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Torn page from paperback stapled to torn photograph, 4.25 x 3 inches, Sunday, November 12th, 2023, Plough and Stars, San Francisco.

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"Hard Sell"

Torn advertisement stapled to torn photograph, 3.25 x 3.5 inches, Sunday, November 12th, 2023, Plough and Stars, San Francisco.

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"Terrorista"

Felt pen and sticker on torn political mailing, 3 1/8 x 3.5 inches, Friday, November 10th, Original Joe's, North Beach.

 
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"My Angels Say 'Fuck' "

Pen and stickers on torn photograph advertisement, 4.25 x 4 1/8 inches, Tuesday, November 7th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

 
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"The Child Understanding the Approaching Infanticide" and "The Infanticide"

Ah, where to begin.

There were four napkins, two of them visible here, the others sporting the "titles" you see in the upper two corners, and the dates in the lower two corners.  Those were all done at Original Joe's in North Beach on 1/19/19.  And so they sat, until I glued the two napkins to this piece of cardboard on 1/11/20 here at home in Cathedral Hill.  And so that sat.  Until I tore apart the remaining two napkins and stapled the titles and dates to the cardboard and Le Voila - it is finished.  That was Sunday, October 29th 2023, also here on Cathedral Hill.

And now you know.

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"Little Ray of Light"

 

Pen on torn piece of paperback, stapled to photo sleeve, plus photograph, 3  7/8  x  3  5/8 inches, Sunday, October 29th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Good Morning, America, How Are You?"

Kodak advertisements stapled together, plus stamp, stickers, painters' tape, escort ads, glue and a couple of others bits that I'm not even sure where they came from, 5 x 8 3/8 inches, Sunday, October 29th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Felt pen on torn page from child's religious instruction book, 6 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches, Sunday, October 29th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Portion of photo envelope and greeting card stapled to photograph, 4.5 x 8.25 inches, Sunday, October 29th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"The Skate"

Pen and stickers on photograph, 4 x 6 inches, Sunday, October 29th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"This Machine Kills Fascists"

 

                                                   

Front and back.  Charred wood, painters' and masking tape, stickers, pen and felt pen on photographic negative envelope, 5 5/8 x 3.25 inches, Friday, October 13th, 2023, Original Joe's, North Beach.  Also, tucked inside? A rather messy OJ's cocktail napkin with the title of the piece scrawled on it.  The perfect stocking stuffer.

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"If He Had His Chance Again He'd Be a Diamond"

Masking, painters' and cellophane tape plus charred wood on photograph, 5 x 4 inches, Friday, October 13th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Eloquent Profanity It Rolls Right Off My Tongue" (For the Salesians)

Lipstick and cellophane tape on page from child's religious instruction book (Kyra!), 6.25 x 5.5 inches, Sunday, September 24th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Pen on page from child's religious instruction book (Kyra!), 6.25 x 5.5 inches, Tuesday, September 19th, 2023, Gino and Carlo, North Beach.

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"From the Permanent Collection"

Note from my mother stapled to Walgreens ad PLUS pen on sticker PLUS New Yorker subscription pitch also stapled.  6.25 x 4 1/8 inches, Thursday, September 14th, Sea Ranch, California.

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"Cathedrale de Strasbourg"

Found crucifix on paper (on the street in NYC six years ago), PLUS lipstick, staples, matches, charcoal, cellophane tape and torn piece of religious pamphlet on gift bag, 8.25 x 4 5/8 inches, Sunday, September 10th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Divine Little Ones"

 

Front cover of child's religious instruction book (thanks, Kyra DeBiaso - in fact EVERYTHING here save for the staples was from Kyra) plus staples and a torn note and a homemade prayer card, 7 x 6.25 inches, Tuesday, August 29th, 2023, Doc's Clock, Mission District.

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"As - Salamu Alaykum"

Back cover of child's religious instruction book (thanks, Kyra DeBiaso) plus staples and a note from my mother.  6.5 x 5.75 inches, Tuesday, August 29th, 2023, Doc's Clock, Mission District.

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"Honeymooners"

Scoring and lipstick and felt pen on photograph, 3.5 x 4 7/8 inches, Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, Hi-Lo Club, Polk Street, San Francisco.

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"Donkeys in the Snow"

Scoring and lipstick on photograph, 4 x 5 7/8 inches, Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, Hi-Lo Club, Polk Street, San Francisco.

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"Liberation Theology"

Record album and inner sleeve, torn piece from religious pamphlet, cellophane tape, lipstick and pen,11 7/8 x 12 inches, Sunday, April 30th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

(Please see the two related posts from May 18th, 2021 in these very pages.)

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"The Sacrament of Penance"

Torn page from child's religious instruction book plus cellophane tape and torn piece of fundraising letter, 6.25 x 4.75 inches, Sunday, April 30th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Kathryn Griffin Swegart is a Wife, Mother and Grandmother"

Torn page from religious pamphlet, plus cocktail napkin and pen, on photo album page, 8.75 x 10 3/8 inches, Sunday, April 30th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Kinship"

Small flag and page from religious booklet stapled to portion of photo album page, 5 1/8 x 7 inches, Saturday, April 29th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Black Sheets of Rain"

Charcoal, cellophane tape and lip gloss on envelope, 8.5 x 5.25 inches, Friday, April 21st, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"The Priest Sits on Jesus' Lap While You Confess Your Sins to Both of Them - Artist Rendering/Verisimilitude Cerca 1952, and Also with Apologies to John Gregory Murray, the Archbishop of St. Paul, Not to Mention the Catechetical Guild Educational Society, St. Paul, Minnesota"

Torn page from child's religious text glued to envelope, 6 x 6.25 inches, Friday, April 21st, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Torn portion of textbook and staples on photograph, 5 7/8 x 4 inches, Friday, April 21st, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

 

(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Torn portion of textbook and staples on photograph, 5 7/8 x 4 inches, Friday, April 21st, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Portion of matchbook in tiny basket, 4 x 2 x 1.5 (approximately) inches, Thursday, March 30th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

Intended for Irene Shin and Guy Stilson if they'll have it.  Grison was in the space which is currently Harris' Steakhouse, one of their favorite restaurants.

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"Olympic Dreams"

Scoring on torn photograph with cellophane tape, 3.75 x 4.5 inches, Thursday, March 30th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Last Entry Read 'Rats in the Hold' "

Scoring, charred wood, pencil and cellophane tape on postcard, 4 x 5 7/8 inches, Tuesday, February 28th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Masking tape, sticker and pen on torn photograph, 2.5 x 5.5 inches, Friday, February 10th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Chandelier"

    

Scoring on photograph, 4 7/8 x 3.5 inches, Friday, February 10th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down"

Peter - Martyred

Andrew - Martyred

James (Son of Zebedee) - Martyred

John - Natural causes

Philip - Martyred (likely)

Bartholomew - Martyred

Thomas - Martyred

Matthew - Martyred

James (Son of Alphaeus) - Martyred

Thaddeus - Martyred

Simon (The Zealot) - Martyred

Judas - Died by Suicide

Original Joe's, North Beach, San Francisco, Monday February 6th, 2023.

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"The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"

Pen, cellophane tape, staple and torn bits from The Ballad of the Sad Cafe on a torn page from Giovanni's Room, 2.5 x 4 1/8 inches, Saturday, January 14th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Felt pen and masking tape on torn photograph, 4 x 2.75 inches, Wednesday, January 11th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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(Original Untitled IBL Art)

Felt pen and masking tape on postcard, 3.75 x 5 5/8 inches, Wednesday, January 11th, 2023, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Giovanni's Room"

Felt pen on page from Giovanni's Room, 6.75 x 4 1/8 inches, Saturday, December 24th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"In the Cemetery Where We Bury Our Dead Out of Order"

Torn photograph and staples, 5 x 10.5 inches, Friday, December 16th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Good Life is Contradiction Because of Crucifixion"

Torn photograph and staples, 2.75 x 2.75 inches, Friday, December 16th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"My Baby Boy, My Baby Boy"

Scoring and cellophane tape on torn postcard, 4 1/8 x 3 inches, Thursday, December 15th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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" 'I Would Love To,' Said Jacques "

Felt pen on page from Giovanni's Room, 6.75 x 4 1/8 inches, Thursday, December 15th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Metronome" (with Danielle McArthur)

Portions of torn photograph cellophane taped to page from Giovanni's Room, 6.75 x 4 1/8 inches, Thursday, December 15th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Abstract on Postcard"

Painters' tape, portion of torn photograph, stickers and cellophane tape on postcard, 4.75 x 6.75 inches, Thursday, December 15th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"The Messiah's Donkey"

Painters' tape on torn photograph, 3.5 x 4.75 inches, Thursday, December 8th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Blacked Out In Your Area"

Painters' tape on photograph, 6 x 4 inches, Tuesday, December 6th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

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"Nativity in Black"

Painters' tape on photograph, 4 7/8 x 3.5 inches, Tuesday, December 6th, 2022, Cathedral Hill, San Francisco.

Gift to Max Gill.

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