Since 2014
Lennie Mace Tokyo, Japan (March 3, 2015)
MARCH 2015 Lennie Mace Tokyo, Japan
This must be the wrong exhibition. Lennie Mace is, after all, known for colorfully detailed, elaborately composed ballpoint artwork, but no such artwork is on display here; only blank sheets of paper, beautifully framed... Read the full archived feature.
Goat Gal (Goat 1 of 4) 2014, ballpoint pen & ''dry'' ballpoint pen on paper, shown cropped. An example of ''colorfully detailed'' Mace,
showing usage of ''dry pen'' patterns. Artwork © Lennie Mace/THE LAB
DECEMBER 2016
Lennie Mace RETROSPECTACLE Tokyo, Japan 1994-2004
By 1994, Lennie Mace had made a name for himself as an illustrator and had been exhibiting his ballpoint pen artwork in New York annually since 1990. ...
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pictured : The Longer The Drool... 2005. © Lennie Mace
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SEPTEMBER 2015 Lennie Mace PICKS SPECIAL New York City via Tokyo, Japan
A Far East ballpoint pen masterpiece has finally made its way West. When a long-time New York patron offered showroom space, Mace accepted...
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CosPlayStation:2011 2006-2011, ballpoint pen & cut vinyl decals on paper,
146 x 103cm (57.5 x 40.5''), shown cropped. Artwork © Lennie Mace/THE LAB
FEBRUARY 2017
Lennie Mace Tokyo, Japan
The idea for the drawing—a Doonesbury-like line drawing of the White House festooned with Trump Taj Mahal casino neon—had been in my head since during the campaign...
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Trump White House, 2016. © Lennie Mace
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RECAP originally posted November 2, 2015
A Year in The Pen
The Ballpointer Nov 2014 ~ Nov 2015
Someday, someone else will list the accomplishments of The Ballpointer annually, but, seeing as all involved had doubts as to whether the site would even make it through a year, much less become the crown jewel of our fledgling empire, please bear with us as we bask in our own glory. OK, year-end timeline lists of accomplishments are usually lame. As publishers, we promise to never do this again. That said, allow us to remind you why we're here, lest you forget. A True Story…
October, 2012: An alcohol fueled discussion during an after-party following the opening reception of an exhibition featuring ballpoint pen artwork turns to questions of why, especially by 2012, mass media continue to report about ballpoint pen art as if it was a brand new concept. Part of that discussion went something like this…
Drinker No.1: ''Any source referring to ballpoint pen art as something new only shows how ignorant they are and how little they researched their subject'' ...
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JUNE 〜 JULY 2016
Lennie Mace RETROSPECTACLE New York, NY 1984-1994
'Decade 1' of a 3-part online retrospective. No other
ballpointer is more deserving than Lennie Mace, who has
produced an expansive body of work in more than 30 years...
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pictured : California Zephyr, 1994. © Lennie Mace
Lennie Mace, 1984 New York, New York (May 5, 2016) Flashback PICK