SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Event, 1975-2000 [analogue photo for press]

SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Event, 1975-2000
15 x 19 cm
analogue photo print for press, sticker
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
mint condition
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On 13 March 1996 The Independent published “Event” as a cartoonised plagiarism referring to a political situation in Great Britain: ‘Prime Minister, how do you feel about a referendum?’:

FRANZ GRAF, Schauraum : Kunstraum, 1992

FRANZ GRAF, Schauraum : Kunstraum, 1992
27 x 19 cm
SC, black and white offset print, 16 pp., stapled
publisher unknown
mint
rare
€ 120,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.FGra 998

Pages feature images of showroom mirrors and cars with texts on the car windows. Each black and white photo shows a circular form cut out from the image below on the same page. Apart from the first page, the publication looks like an artist’s book or a wrong catalogue of a car dealer with on the first page a text by curator Dr. Otmar Rychlik. This installation by Franz Graf was made in a car showroom of Mercedes Benz in Vienna, Austria, in 1992.

Vereniging van Videokunstenaars, 1981 and 1983 [bulletins]

Vereniging van Videokunstenaars, 1981 and 1983
ca A5
total of 24 pp. including covers
4 VvE bulletins, of which one is hand coloured
published by VvV, Amsterdam
excellent condition
€ 145,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.VvV 997

In these four bulletins video presentations of the following VvV members are announced:
– Yvonne Oerlemans, Peter Baren (May 1981)
– Nan Hoover, Hooykaas/Stansfield, Christiaan Bastiaans, Lous America, Paul Müller, Lydia Schouten, Raúl Marroquin, Daniel Brun, Ian Nichols, Christine Chiffrun (February 1983)
– Ásta Olafsdóttir, Diek Kubbe, Christiaan Bastiaans, Arno Arts (April 1983)
– Paula Vanes, Albert van Westing, Hooykaas/Stansfield, Christine Chiffrun, Roos Theuws, Paul Müller, Henk Wijnen (June 1983)

ULISES CARRIÓN, Vereniging van Videokunstenaars bulletin maart-april, 1983

ULISES CARRIÓN, Vereniging van Videokunstenaars bulletin, maart – april 1983
21,1 x 15 cm
16 pp., incl. couver
very rare
published by VvV, Amsterdam
excellent condition, although very slightly aged paper
€ 280,- plus € 8,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.UCar 991-pr

On page 10 of the VvV bulletin March – April 1983 the première of Ulises Carrión’s video work The Death of the Art Dealer is announced.

JAN DIBBETS, On May 9 (friday),… , 1969 [“X” postcard]

JAN DIBBETS, On May 9 (friday),… [“X” card], 1969
10,1 x 15,1 cm
postcard
edition 1200
published by Seth Siegelaub, New York, USA
excellent condition, although slightly aged
very rare
sold
inv.JDib 988

In spite of its high edition this unused postcard is not easy to find. It is not just a postcard. On the backside in four languages an announcement is made about an ultra short performance on three days in May 1969. On his balcony indicated with a cross mark, he would make a thump up gesture once a day as described. The card is often used as an iconic example of conceptual art, since the emphasis is put on an idea, much more than on the visual impact of the planned performance as such. KvG

The “X” card of Jan Dibbets is in the collection of both the British Museum in London and the MoMa in New York.

GILBERT & GEORGE, Living Sculpture, 1969 [postcard]

GILBERT & GEORGE, Living Sculpture, postcard, 1969
14,9 x 10,5 cm
published by Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
excellent condition, although very slightly aged
€ 85,- plus € 8,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.Gi&Ge 981-982

Since their performance “Living Sculpture” at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1969 various postcards have been produced. This postcard was the very first one, published by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in the same year the performance took place on the staircase of the museum lasting five hours.

GILBERT & GEORGE, Living Sculpture [1969], 1993 [signed postcard]

GILBERT & GEORGE, Living Sculpture [1969], 1993
15 x 10,5 cm
postcard, signed
published by Pentagraf Impresores, Valencia, Spain
mint condition
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Since their performance “Living Sculpture” at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1969 various postcards have been produced. This postcard was printed in Spain in 1993. Below the original postcard published by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1969.

JOHN M ARMLEDER, Associated Publishers, 1992 [card]

JOHN M ARMLEDER, Associated Publishers card, 1992
14.7 x 10.5 cm
copy shop print
hand out designed by John Armleder
mint
€ 45,- plus € 8,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.JMA 987

In 1992 John M Armleder initiated a plan to bring publishers of art editions together in a booth at Art Basel Edition. For that he coined the name Associated Publishers in order to come up with a convincing proposal to the art fair committee. His idea was that after the fair the publishers involved would open their own spaces for showing jointly their published editions. With this in mind he made an AP design that also exists as a small edition of enamel. For the first time this black and white plaque was shown in Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam in The Netherlands in 1993. Until today an AP sign is hung next to the entrance of the gallery.

KIMBALL GUNNAR HOLTH, Tile painting: Blue, 2020

KIMBALL GUNNAR HOLTH, Tile painting: Blue, 2020
40 x 30 cm
oil paint on solid paper
signed, dated
series of 14 unique drawings
€ 300,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered mail

Kimball Gunnar Holth doesn’t make anything, or it should be that he found something right before it’s finished. This drawing is what his hand found painting on paper. He left it for what it is, but still gave it a title. These works come from the series ‘Tile paintings’.