PUBLIC COLLECTORS

A ballpoint pen drawing from 1998 by Angelo titled Crowd Control. Many people have seen Angelo’s drawings as part of the ongoing project Prisoners’ Inventions. Prisoners’ Inventions is a collaboration between Angelo and the group Temporary Services, (I am a member of this group). The vast majority of Angelo’s art production is more fantasy-oriented, or steeped in history and his imagination. Most of Angelo’s drawings, including this one, are simply ballpoint pen on 8.5 X 11” paper.

This month, after over two decades in prison, Angelo is going to be released. I’ll be scanning more of the drawings he has made in prison, which he has been sending me for safe keeping, in an effort to better circulate his amazing work. You can see additional drawings like this on this Flickr page.

A ballpoint pen and colored pencil drawing from 2006 by Angelo titled Lost ‘Em! Many people have seen Angelo’s drawings as part of the ongoing project Prisoners’ Inventions. Prisoners’ Inventions is a collaboration between Angelo and the group Temporary Services, (I am a member of this group). The vast majority of Angelo’s art production is more fantasy-oriented, or steeped in history and his imagination. Most of Angelo’s drawings, including this one, are simply ballpoint pen on 8.5 X 11” paper.

This month, after over two decades in prison, Angelo is going to be released. I’ll be scanning more of the drawings he has made in prison, which he has been sending me for safe keeping, in an effort to better circulate his amazing work. You can see additional drawings like this on this Flickr page.

A ballpoint pen drawing from 2001 by Angelo titled Hair Raiser. Many people have seen Angelo’s drawings as part of the ongoing project Prisoners’ Inventions. Prisoners’ Inventions is a collaboration between Angelo and the group Temporary Services, (I am a member of this group). The vast majority of Angelo’s art production is more fantasy-oriented, or steeped in history and his imagination. Most of Angelo’s drawings, including this one, are simply ballpoint pen on 8.5 X 11” paper.

This month, after over two decades in prison, Angelo is going to be released. I’ll be scanning more of the drawings he has made in prison, which he has been sending me for safe keeping, in an effort to better circulate his amazing work. You can see additional drawings like this on this Flickr page.

A ballpoint pen drawing from 1996 by Angelo titled Debts. Many people have seen Angelo’s drawings as part of the ongoing project Prisoners’ Inventions. Prisoners’ Inventions is a collaboration between Angelo and the group Temporary Services, (I am a member of this group). The vast majority of Angelo’s art production is more fantasy-oriented, or steeped in history and his imagination. Most of Angelo’s drawings, including this one, are simply ballpoint pen on 8.5 X 11” paper.

This month, after over two decades in prison, Angelo is going to be released. I’ll be scanning more of the drawings he has made in prison, which he has been sending me for safe keeping, in an effort to better circulate his amazing work. You can see additional drawings like this on this Flickr page. 

A ballpoint pen drawing from 2000 by Angelo. Many people have seen Angelo’s drawings as part of the ongoing project Prisoners’ Inventions. Prisoners’ Inventions is a collaboration between Angelo and the group Temporary Services, (I am a member of this group). The vast majority of Angelo’s art production is more fantasy-oriented, or steeped in history and his imagination. Most of Angelo’s drawings, including this one, are simply ballpoint pen on 8.5 X 11” paper.

This month, after over two decades in prison, Angelo is going to be released. I’ll be scanning more of the drawings he has made in prison, which he has been sending me for safe keeping, in an effort to better circulate his amazing work. You can see additional drawings like this on this Flickr page. 

A 2006 drawing by Angelo titled “Closure”. As with most of his drawings, this is on a sheet of 8.5” X 11” copy paper,  ballpoint pen and colored pencil. I have posted other drawings by Angelo here before. Angelo is currently incarcerated in California. Many people have seen his drawings as part of the ongoing project Prisoners’ Inventions. Prisoners’ Inventions is a collaboration between Angelo and the group Temporary Services (which I’m a member of). The vast majority of Angelo’s art production, however, is more fantasy-oriented, or steeped in history and his imagination. Angelo and I have corresponded for over 18 years now, nearly the entire time that he has been in prison. He sends me his many drawings for safe-keeping once they are finished. At some point his work will probably need to be the subject of a small exhibit in the Public Collectors Study Center.

Another ballpoint pen drawing by Angelo from his Frankenstein series. Very serene this time. This drawing is titled “Life”. See the previous two posts for more from Angelo’s recent mailings.

Another ballpoint pen drawing by Angelo that arrived the other week from his ongoing series of Frankenstein drawings. The title of this drawing, which is also 8.5” X 11”, is “Official Complaint”. Also see this October 2nd post for more on Angelo and his art.