What is Splendaism ? ………. today as i awoke, i had a dream that a certain established artist turned to a crowd of journalist and said in a last ditch effort to get attention to my artwork, ” dont miss her work, it is the beginning of spledaism” ………..
So the question now sits …… what [...]
In 2004, Edna Floretta took the majority of her body of 2-D work, consisting of over 30 paintings and photo collages to the local thrift stores.
She did this in frustration with the “art world” and in frustration with being an artist in general.
Now, her heart is broken and she wishes she never made this move, [...]
A musical venture with artist and musician Seraph Jordan, the ten commandments for children is a piece made in 2003. it is born of loops of repetitive, original music …..
overtop of which the two fellow artists rant and sing about their views of the ten commandments and their true meanings ………. sometimes comical, yet very [...]
in 2002, edna floretta made a conceptual art piece which she hopes to recreate on a very large scale someday.
she used a deck of cards to socially relate relationships …… two kings of opposite colors ( two leaders of opposing nations ), two black jacks ( two gay men ), a red king and a [...]
I’d like to propose an installation called Hilda’s granddaughter,
It would consist of installing Edna Floretta’s entire apartment into an art gallery ….. her body of work from 1990-2008, her belongings, furniture, poetry, ect ect ……. this would include 5 major video pieces about 2 hours long each. The idea is to create an intimate [...]
In the Marina with a Dog Named Misery is the title of a book of emails sent by Edna Floretta in 2003 …….. the following is a sample of two entries….. which becomes sort of an artist diary ……..
email … thursday Feb 13th 2003
the stars are at war.
and i see no sense in wearing thousand dollar [...]
Book of Dreams …… by edna floretta july 31st, 2007 edna floretta was sitting quietly talking with Karen Finley about art …she turned to her and said, ” i am a video artist, not a performist artist” …… karen finley smiled and winked. then edna floretta found herself in san francisco ….. tis was a [...]
earlier this year, i decided to stop painting and instead write on a canvas with words of what the painting was to be ………. this is a painting of ……….
the following pieces are my conceptual paintings …….
1. this is a painting of Lori Earley painting a painting of a plumber with his ass crack showing, [...]
1. with intense vigor do i awake and begin the day. the dog pisses in white snow, as icecycles fall with melting sun, my feet are barefoot upon naked wood boards, and i have no coat yet i stay warm. my pen moves into shapes the language of man , even though they can read, [...]
i have been experimenting with documenting my dreams in several different ways ….. most recently i have been writing a simple discription of them along with a little sketch in a notebook of mine ……….
the following dreams are included in this piece ……
1. i dreamt that i peeked through an odd hole in a door [...]