Ryosuke Cohen
Encyclopedia
is a mail art
ist. He was responsible for the Brain Cell
mail art project, which he began in June of 1985 and retains thousands of members in more than 80 countries, e.g. Hans Braumüller, Theo Breuer
, Michael Leigh or Litsa Spathi
. In August 2001 he began the Fractal Portrait Project. He has taught art to school children for more than 25 years.
Cohen discovered mail art
through the Canadian
artist Byron Black. Early work by Cohen is a mixture of traditional Japanese imagery, contemporary icons, and numbers, as well as his signature, the letter "C".
Cohen's family name is conventionally romanized as Kōen, but on the advice of a friend, he adopted the English
spelling 'Cohen'. He is not a Kohen
.
Mail art
Mail art is a worldwide cultural movement that began in the early 1960s and involves sending visual art through the international postal system. Mail Art is also known as Postal Art or Correspondence Art...
ist. He was responsible for the Brain Cell
Brain Cell
Brain Cell is a mail art project begun by Ryosuke Cohen in June 1985. The project is basically a networked art project where individual artists create their own 30x42cm work of art with stamps, drawings, stickers and so forth. This is sent to Cohen, who prints each cell - 150 copies each - with a...
mail art project, which he began in June of 1985 and retains thousands of members in more than 80 countries, e.g. Hans Braumüller, Theo Breuer
Theo Breuer
Theo Breuer is a German poet, essayist, editor, translator and publisher.-Life and work:...
, Michael Leigh or Litsa Spathi
Litsa Spathi
Litsa Spathi is a Greek painter, performer and Fluxus artist, currently living in Heidelberg, Germany and Breda, Netherlands. She makes collages, objectbooks, fluxus poetry and large acrylic paintings. She used to be active in mail art as well. Her paintings belong to the category fantastic realism...
. In August 2001 he began the Fractal Portrait Project. He has taught art to school children for more than 25 years.
Cohen discovered mail art
Mail art
Mail art is a worldwide cultural movement that began in the early 1960s and involves sending visual art through the international postal system. Mail Art is also known as Postal Art or Correspondence Art...
through the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
artist Byron Black. Early work by Cohen is a mixture of traditional Japanese imagery, contemporary icons, and numbers, as well as his signature, the letter "C".
Cohen's family name is conventionally romanized as Kōen, but on the advice of a friend, he adopted the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
spelling 'Cohen'. He is not a Kohen
Kohen
A Kohen is the Hebrew word for priest. Jewish Kohens are traditionally believed and halachically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the Biblical Aaron....
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