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
€ 500,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered mail

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)

VIKTOR & ROLF, 2019 [Christmas hanger – bow]

VIKTOR & ROLF, 2019
10,5 x 14,5 x 4 cm
Christmas hanger; glass, tin tag ‘HEMA – VIKTOR&ROLF’
limited edition ‘Jingle bows’
published by HEMA, Amsterdam
mint condition
Collection Thora K. Johansen, Amsterdam
inv.V&R 1023-pr

 

The image below was part of the PR announcements on the website of HEMA during the November/December 2019 campaign.

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.