WJM KOK, Monochrome 360º (Revaleiland), 2020
SN 68172
10,4 x 14,8 cm
offset, verso residual glue and paper, cellophane envelope, sticker
edition 81, here number 28/81
signed, dated, numbered
published by the artist
€ 35,- plus € 5,- Track & Trace NL registered mail
inv.WJM 1034_1043
During the pandemic in 2020 Dutch advertising columns were temporarily out of use for advertising. They were all around set on hold and covered with a blue colour print on paper. Wjm Kok appropriated a considerable amount of these unused so-called ‘peperbussen’ in Amsterdam by merely localising them. He took a picture of each cylindrical column, adding a title and Serial Number.
Due to weather conditions the blue posters came down partly. A colleague teared some of these parts off. When this was offered to him, he decided to cut the torn off poster parts into cards. With this less ephemeral and more concrete gesture he brought this work closer to the approach of the American appropriation artists who materialised their ideas by putting the borrowed products merely on display, although without the need for manual work. KvG
Appropriated advertising column opposite Herengracht 213, Amsterdam
THOMAS RUFF, Sterne, 01h 55m/-30º, 1989
14.8 x 10.4 cm
postcard
signed with silver marker
rare
splendid condition, with verso partly residual glue and paper
€ 295,- plus 12,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.TRuf 1027
Uncommon signature put straight into the image of the print, by which the artist’s name seems to become part of the firmament depicted.
BEN VAUTIER, Anything Anyhow / N’importe Quoi n’Importe Comment, nd. [1972]
each 9,5 x 12,5 cm
2 loose cards, offset on thin paper (160 g/m2)
edition 2000
published by Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
excellent condition
inv.BVau 1020
These two loose cards come from an envelope that contains five contributions of Ben Vautier, George Brecht, Gerhard von Graevenitz and François Morellet. The envelope was part of “TOEVAL”, a ring binder produced on behalf of a symposium. A fifth contribution consists of two dices with a Mozart score. It is published as examples of chance, but may be considered as an artist’s edition since the ideas and instructions come straight from the artists. It is not known if all loose contributions by various artists (e.g. “Chance Imagery” of George Brecht) have been added to the complete edition of 2000 copies.
A copy is in the collection of the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
‘Actually it is not a catalogue but an artist’s book, with mostly original contributions by artists. That Morellet sheet – translucent paper – is usually signed.’
Mail 22 of January 2021 by Harry Ruhé to KvG.
Intimacy, 2020
32 x 23 x 4,5 cm
cardboard box with magnet clam strip, 69 parts
numbered box, several items are signed
edition 23, here box Gold Edition, numbered 3/23
(Silver Edition: edition 25 / Gold Edition: edition 23)
published by Cult Club, Amsterdam
order at h.ruhe9@upcmail.nl
Artists documented and/or participating:
INTIMACY
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ Role Exchange, Amsterdam, 1975
AY-O Ay-O’s Finger Box-Kit, 1991; Ay-O in New York, n/d.
MATTHEW BARNEY Dildo, 1995
PAUL BLANCA Father & Son, 1985
TRACEY EMIN Everyone I Have Ever Slept With (The Tent), 1963-1995
VALIE EXPORT Tapp-und-Tast-Kino
KAREL GOUDSBLOM All of This, 1998
AL HANSEN anna banana clacla fluxcomix, drawing, early 1970s
Don Juan, flyer, 1978
KIRSTEN JUSTESEN RYGSKRIVER (write on one’s back), 1985
ALISON KNOWLES Serenade for Alison (Paik), Amsterdam, 1962
BAS KOSTERS Hope Bracelet / Hope card + BAS KOSTERS TV Head Inflatable Art Doll
signed
SHIGEKO KUBOTA Vagina Painting, New York, 1965
JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO photo: Annie Leibovitz, 1980
ANDRIES DE MAREZ OYENS Love-Stop-Touch, sticker and postcard
signed on envelope
PIERRE MOLINIER Selfportrait with dildo, 1966
CHARLOTTE MOORMAN & NAM JUNE PAIK performing Chamber Music , Asolo, 1974
OTTO MUEHL with Mrs Conz, and people living in commune Friedrichshof, ca. 1983
YOKO ONO (with ANTHONY COX), The Bag, Knokke, 1967
ORLAN L’Origine de la Guerre, 1989
WILLEM DE RIDDER SUCK nr 8 (The Last Suck), front cover, 1974 + SUCK nr 7, back cover, n.d.
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (with JEAN TINGUELY and PER OLOF ULTVEDT) Hon, Stockholm, 1966
CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN Interior Scroll, 1975
ANDRES SERRANO Plassex-poster, 1997
BARBARA T. SMITH Feed Me, San Francisco, 1973
ANNIE SPRINKLE Look inside: Annie Sprinkle, flyer, 1990
ANNIE SPRINKLE / BETH STEPHENS Cuddling, Athens, 2017; sticker
MARCO TIBERIO Enlarge Sanitizer Gel (bottle)
signed
TINKEBELL INTIMACY 1,2,3, three postcards, 2020
all postcards signed
ULAY / ABRAMOVIĆ Breathing in – Breathing out, Amsterdam, 1977
BEN VAUTIER Project for INTIMACY, sketch + photo Bed Event (1998), with Francesco Conz, ORLAN, Carolee Schneemann
AAT VELDHOEN Paring, Rotaprint, 1964
MAXIME C. DE WAAL Real Nature / Real Duvall, print
LUUK WILMERING A Personal Geographic. De naakten kleden, nr.7, 2010
signed
SALIM BAYRI, IAN PAGE and ÖZGÜR ATLAGAN, Wet rent wrong, 2020
21 x 29,7 cm
print op paper, 90 g/m2 (version A)
signed by all artists
edition 6
published by Galerie van Gelder Editions, Amsterdam
€ 45,-
verso:
Version B available on 180 g/m2
TAKAKO SAITO, Die Tuschzeichnung auf dem Düsseldorfer Wasser, 1984
22 x 11,2 cm
torn marbled paper, hand folded folder, 4 parts
signed, dated, numbered; here nr 18
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
inv.TSait 914
TAKAKO SAITO, Die Tuschzeichnung auf dem Düsseldorfer Wasser, 1984
20,6 x 11,6 cm
torn marbled papers, hand folded folder, 5 parts
signed, dated, numbered; here nr 20
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
inv.TSait 915
TAKAKO SAITO, Die Tuschzeichnung auf dem Düsseldorfer Wasser, 1984
23,1 x 12,4 cm
torn marbled papers, 6 parts, and hand folded folder
signed, dated, numbered; here nr 37
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
inv.TSait 916
DAVID HORVITZ, Everything that can happen in a day, n.d. [2008]
57,8 x 41,8 cm
offset on newsprint, twice folded as published
published by the artist
condition: splendid
inv.DHor 907
THOMAS HIRSCHHORN, Un-shared Authorship, 2015
84 x 59,4 cm
3 parts: poster folded as issued, ink stamped envelope, certificate
from the series Sundays
signed, dated, numbered
edition 100 + 7 AP
published by More Publishers, Brussels, Belgium