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THE ART ANGEL – PHOTOBOOTH PERFORMANCE ART

PHOTOBOOTH ART Performance Art by Bethann Shannon
PHOTO BOOTH ART/ Performance Art by Bethann Shannon 1986

Wanting to share some Performance Art from 1986 I did in NEW YORK CITY/ Times Square….
100 Strangers Praying & How To Pray
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100 Strangers Praying Photobooth 1986 Times Square

I found myself praying (really praying!) in a photo booth, in NYC, on Times Square, 1986.
I really loved the pictures of me praying and started a series of self portraits. My plan was to take a praying self portrait everyday…but then…
I got curious about other people…

Do they pray?

What do they pray for?

And how do they look when they pray?

I started approaching strangers everyday for 4 months to pray with me.

These are some of the pictures from that series at these links:

http://www.bethannshannon.com

http://www.flickr.com/theartangel/

 

Copyright 1986 -Present

All Rights Reserved

The Art Angel ~ Blue Skies Smiling On The Berkshires, DC, CT, MD…

Looks like GOD! Photo by The Art Angel Bethann Shannon 2008
Looks like GOD! Photo by The Art Angel Bethann Shannon 2008
Yummy Clouds! Photo by The Art Angel Bethann Shannon 2008
Yummy Clouds! Photo by The Art Angel Bethann Shannon 2008
Outside my door in The Berkshires! Photo by The Art Angel Bethann Shannon 2008
Outside my door in The Berkshires! Photo by The Art Angel Bethann Shannon 2008
More Skies...Photo by The Art Angel 2008
More Skies...Photo by The Art Angel 2008

I’m still traveling back & forth from DC to Lenox!

Both places have displayed voluptuous, abundant,

 bold, breathtaking clouds and skies!

My head was in the clouds everywhere I went!

I couldn’t stop staring at the sky!

I have some excellent pictures of some excellent skies!

Some say …”Stop & smell the flowers”

 I’d like to add…

STOP AND SEE THE SKY!

The sky brings me so much JOY!

I really do live for clouds!

BIG SKY ~ BIG SIGH

The Art Angel At Collins Diner 2008
The Art Angel At Collins Diner 2008

THE ART ANGEL ~ HEAVEN

SMILEY FACE SKY by Bethann Shannon 2008150-dpi-etsy-frida-by-bethann-shannon-001.jpg

I love the SKY!

The sky is HEAVENLY!

 I live for clouds!

 Each sky I see is a work of art, each with a feeling, each with a story…

some filled with intense drama!

 Some simply like a storybook!

I find great happiness gazing at the sky.

It almost feels like a longing !

When I was 21 I was a flight attendant for TWA.

 It was my favorite job ever…because of the sky !

(and I also love people)…

I was thrilled and excited to be up there! So beautiful!

I found abundant joy in that job…

then I was laid off.

Now, I look up everyday and still think Heaven is just Heavenly!

I paint it when I can and love the painters who paint it well, like Magritte,

and my artist father Joe Shannon…

I started taking daily pictues of the sky this month

and will start a collection of excellent skies!

The 2 places I lived or visited that had the best skies was in

MONTANA, which is called “BIG SKY COUNTRY”…

and ASHEVILLE, NC, called “Land Of The Sky”…

both places had breath taking skies

that put you in a total humble state of AWE!

Third up for me would be San Francisco…

amazing drama with the clouds & fog over Golden Gate Bridge!

OH! THE SKY!

“SIGH”

www.bethannshannon.com  www.joeshannonart.com

www.myspace.com/theartangel