KATIU MIA, THE EMPRESS OF PAPER
Born: 1900, China
Dead 1945
" With its wealth of paper mache and wrinkled hands, suddenly juts Empress seals , ink, brushes and paper , "said Mia Katiu his famous gallery owner husband Liu Li Shu.
Born in China, Yunnan Province, the collage artist Mia Katiu is often described as the most eccentric collage of the twentieth century! Always wearing a hat made of a paste of mulberry bark, as would have been a disciple of Confucius, a cardboard jacket and skirt in patchwork of paper of Armenia that left a sweet perfume in her wake, she had an odd habit for each paper glued to eat. Manner likely to say loud and clear, and put into practice!, His motto: "Art does not share, art is eaten, the art is alive! "An estimated one thousand kinds of papers she has used - and swallowed! It also earned him die of a bowel obstruction at the age of 45. Mad with despair, her husband Liu Shu Li n has never ceased since the destruction of all works his wife, sold up to buy those when she was still alive. You can not find here images collages Mia Katiu, gone forever, but one of his poems that her husband has kindly allowed to reproduce.
Papers minds
paper and vinyl sliding cold as ice Or
blotting sensitive to the slightest tear colored paper
elevated to ritual
paper handkerchief Paper consoling myself with the bible paper
Opaque paper , grainy, emery, chewed ...
filter paper my mood
Marbled Paper like a cake
tissue light on my palate
So sweet antidote to the abrasive paper
Corrugated paper treats like Bordeaux
Paper velvety sand, rough or gritty ...
recycled paper in my stomach
adhesive paper that sticks in my mind
Kraft who protects me from danger
paper coating that hides the wounds rubbed Paper
useful for chest colds
paper smooth, shiny, satin , felted ...
insulating paper in the world
Tissue paper or paper
crystal peel sometimes bleached or unbleached
Finished paper and wallpapering my body
transfer paper to make beautiful paper
woven, textured, crepe surfaced ...
toilet paper in my clothes
