The new millennium would impact Coco in unimaginable ways. On September 11, 2001, asleep in her TriBeCa loft, an explosive crash jolted her awake. Coco grabbed her camera and ran outside. She was capturing the first strike of the terrorist attack as the second plane tore through the World Trade Center. With lower Manhattan sealed off, Coco took refuge with her mother, Alisa, in Chappaqua, NY. Even after NYC recovered, she never fully regained her life there and spent more time in Westchester to care for Alisa. In 2008, Coco moved to Lyons, Colorado. She transformed an aging bungalow into a phenomenal Art Box where she lives and works today. In 2018, Coco commenced an ongoing archiving project for her many thousands of artworks. Recording her life’s artwork has shown Coco the arc of her integrated career filled with ecological and political messages.
Integrations: 2000s to 2010s
Direct Hit 7, Photograph (2001)
9-11 and the Aftermath
Click on the image to view the sequence of events, as they happened, along with the “Direct Hit” book Coco made a few weeks later with her photographs of the 9-11 aftermath. Coco’s 9-11 images made their way into numerous future artworks and in three art exhibits.
All You Want to Know, Handmade Paper with Metal Inserts (2017)
Back to the Future.
In the 1960s, Coco’s acrylics made a sensation. These artworks were featured in numerous exhibits and widely collected. Sixty years later, Coco is at it again. The COVID pandemic offered Coco a chance to reflect. After recovering from a bout with the virus that she caught while in Italy in the end of 2019, Coco returned to her Art Box to recuperate. All it took was a large supply of canvas and assembled frames that she bought up from a local arts supply store. What emerged was again a sensation.
2022
Calming Bush, Series, Photograph and Acrylic (2004), Below
Can’t Seem to See the Face of the Sun, Handmade Paper (2003)
Drum
Handmade Paper and Wood (2002)
Seven Pointed Star Dress, Handmade Paper (2003)
Explosive Books
Fresh Cuts from publications in Coco Gordon’s collection.
Playing with Matches, Interactiv (2020)
Not Nothing, Ray Johnson, Interactiv (2020)
Dottoressa, Susan Levenstein, MD, Interactiv (2020)
I Can Walk Through The World As Music, Philip Corner, Interactiv (2020)
Left: George Gershwin, Interactiv (2020) Center: John Cage, Silence, Interactive (2020) Right: Dick Higgins, Interactiv (2020)
Bride Of, Assemblage, Paper, Gesso, Metal (2020)
Performance Art
Galleria Visioni Altre, Video (Venezia, February 2020)
Mail Art
Bongiani OPHEN Art Museum, Contemporary Art Collection (2020)
Scrolling Order: Camie; Ray Members; Road Runner; Parcel Poet; Rayon Sand; Roof Top GordonT; L in Bathtub; iPost post; iMona Ray; Lawn Chair (2020)
Stylista Art Wear
Superskywoman (a.k.a. Coco Gordon) modeling her uniquely-designed, repurposed fashions (2019)
