ROB SCHOLTE, Nu met gratis doek van Rob Scholte, ca 1997
27,5 x 9,3 x 5,5 cm
Glassex Ultra-Action pistol, flex print on cloth, sealed as issued
signed in print
limited edition unknown
inv.RSchol-pr 307
Rob Scholte is being looked at as the enfent terrible in the Dutch art scene. Appropriation of a polka dot, a Monopoly game or a Philips logo it is all in the game of making the notion copyright into a dispute. Here with ‘Nu met gratis “piece of fabric” van Rob Scholte’/’Now with free canvas of Rob Scholte’ he alludes to giving away a canvas to the buyer of a commodity item.
Next to a yellow spray cap there is a blue spray cap version called Glassex Multi-Action and a re-fill flask, both including a cloth with signature in print.
inv.RSchol306-pr
MESCHAC GABA, Untitled, 1997
1,2 x 5,9 x 3,9 cm
22 safety pins with banknote particles, plastic box
signed on lid
edition unknown
published by the artist
Collection K. van Gelder, Amsterdam
inv.MGab 000-pr
In 1997 various items made out of banknotes were offered at one of the annual Open Ateliers of the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. This transparent box produced in a small edition was offered for sale in the studio of Meschac Gaba. Gold coloured safety pins are stuck into Benin banknote particles in the shape of a tiny circle.
JOHN BALDESSARI, I saw it, 1997
40,6 x 50,8 cm / 16 x 20 inches
offset
signed, numbered, dated
edition 100
published by Benefit Edition, Los Angeles, USA
John Baldessari is questioning the conventions of picture-making, among other things. One of the other things is very much related to picture-reading. The work “I saw it” refers obviously to objects one may see passing by in the sky, e.g. UFO’s.
SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Nutoen, 1997
23,8 x 16,7 cm
offset, 2 volumes (16 pp. + 32 pp.), transparent sleeve
edition 500
published by Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, 1997
This publication could beconsidered as half catalogue, half artist book. The picture on the front of volume I and the picture on the back of volume II form together one image of a sculpture installation ‘Disturb me’ (1997) of Sigurdur Gudmundsson. Both volumes come with a Dutch text by the artist about the making of the book and the works in his exhibition in the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem.
HERBERT ZANGS, untitled, 1997
60 x 43,2 cm
screen print
signed, numbered
edition 50
printed by Wartmann, Mönchengladbach, Germany
HREINN FRIDFINNSSON, Impromptu (leftovers of the day from the studio of the artist), 1997
ca 35 x 20 x 1 cm
magnet, metal, 4 parts
unique series with various sizes and material
certificate
