GREED a subject of our time is interpreted in different mediums by artists
of diverse sensibility, age, and back ground.

GREED
Curated by Laurence Asseraf
founder of A TASTE OF ART
June 3rd- July 31st, 2004
139 W 35th St inside the Kaufman Arcade

It showcases artworks from:
Pablo Araya, Fernanda Cohen, Samm Cohen, Coco Gordon, Pat Kaufman, Philomena Marano, Mimi Oka & Doug Fitch, Nyugen Smith, and Virginie Sommet.

"Greed"
poem with painting
Tempera, copper, aluminum, nickel on wood
Size: 47" x 60"

 

*this is one of my largest pieces
and despite some offers
that fell through, it is still available

steps of drained carcasses

greed gleams
bright in nights like this
when the moon brings only empty silence
a new coin
shiny nickel headed
with presidents beside
pecking sideways clutching arrows
polish your capitalism
on my cherry dripping tongue
turn to your pretty purse
fancy cars
steel arm ties
as soldier's waste away
I slope alone under brash tungsten lamps
parted from my starfilled dreams
if I am the only one to care
can I bother to
be concerned with anyone else
rows of vacated souls whisper

-Samm Cohen
6/1/04

to see more about this show,
check the Arcade website
http://www.atasteofart.com
/arcadepast.htm

Greed Lick

Pull your coins out, my naïve pupil
For there is always somber something to learn
And you should pay me for the lesson

And all these leftover shells
are no more than wishes in a fountain
successless metal plunges

I will swallow them complete
lap my sweet pink tongue around
so soft spiting
carcasses of nobodies
unevolved dna in this darwinist game

All those Ive tasted and crushed along the way
weigh nothing
when I am lion faced
little lamb, you are valueless
grey and undefined like stepping stones

As I stride along tiered backs
my eyes flicker viridian madness
and I know

that if I stop no less briefly
than to lick the shine off your face
pressing a pennies worth upon you,
I may become another drone
on the underside of this scale of greed

-Samm Cohen
1/23/04