SALIM BAYRI, Close, 2018 [electric door bell]

SALIM BAYRI, Close, 2018
9.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm / 8 x 3 x 2 cm
plastic plug-in door bell, laser engraving, remote device
edition 10 + 2 AP
signed, numbered, dated
€ 260,-

 

Basically the work of Salim Bayri is about letting the eye jump over from one pictorial stone to another. In case an attraction occurs it is a matter of ‘scanning, holding and making’, as he states. In that sense his art is a compilation of objects and narratives that in several titles is described as ‘storage’. His work named “Close” originates from his home country where it is common practice to pass by unannounced at one’s door. Speaking through the intercom one says: ‘Close’, a shortening for ‘I am a close friend’ (or relative) and the door would be opened. Here in Europe the opposite result is easily created if one would ring the door bell introducing himself by saying “Close”. Most likely the door would stay closed.

AKI-Fluxfest, 1981 [poster]

AKI-Fluxfest, 1981
49.4 x 33.5 cm
screen print on paper, poster folded as mailed (17 x 24.8 cm)
condition: reasonable, tear lower left, missing chip of paper
rare
inv.Fluxus 687

 

Peter van Beveren and Harry Ruhé invited Fluxus artists to participate in a Fluxus Festival at the AKI Art Academy in Enschede in The Netherlands. Participating artists were Eric Andersen, Giuseppe Chiari, Dick Higgins, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Bob Lens, Wim T. Schippers, Takako Saito, Ludwig Gosewitz, Milan Knizak and Mischa Mengelberg. The director Sipke Huismans of the AKI gave carte blanche to the two curators. Van Beveren and Ruhé managed nine artists to come over for five days to this Fluxus event, namely Eric Andersen, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Bob Lens, Wim T. Schippers, Takako Saito, Ludwig Gosewitz, Milan Knizak and Mischa Mengelberg. Every artist got a fee of Dfl. 3.000,- (“It is about time that artists should be properly paid…’). In the end the AKI almost went bankrupt caused by the high bills of hotel, dinner and free booze, trip and traveling costs.

LORIS GRÉAUD, Cellar Door, 2009

LORIS GRÉAUD, Cellar Door, 2009
ca 32 x 22.5 x 3.7 cm
cardboard clam box, handmade confetti punched from texts by various authors
edition 25 + 5 AP
numbered; here nr 6/25
published by Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France
mint condition

This edition is announced as ‘A critical anthology on cellar door’. One of the confetti particles contains the number of the edition involved, her number 6/25.

 

YOKO ONO / JOHN LENNON, Wedding Album, 1969 [LP box + inserts]

YOKO ONO / JOHN LENNON, Wedding Album, 1969
30,6 x 30,6 cm / 12 x 12 inch, LP box
inserted with printed matter and multiples:
8-track cartridge album, photo strip, postcard, poster of wedding photos, poster of John and Yoko
12″ square mylar bag with “Bagism” print (often lost and not included with 1977 Japanese re-issue)
square photo of a piece of wedding cake inserted in the mylar bag
17 page black cover “The Press” booklet of wedding photos and clippings
Copy of the wedding certificate, glued to the inside box lid
Yoko Ono & John Lennon Wedding Album, USA 1969, Apple Records 8XM-3361
mint and sealed as published; due to its age there are air bubbles on the front of the cassette
€ 150,- plus Track & Trace mailing in EU € 16,-

On side A “John & Yoko” is a recording made on 22 and 27 April 1969 and is of John Lennon and Yoko Ono calling out each other’s names, through a range of volume, tempos, and emotions, this all over the sound of their heartbeats. Comparable to the outcome of performances made by Ulay and Abramovic who instead put the emphasis in their works on physical endurance. KvG

RUMIKO HAGIWARA, DINA DANISH, JEAN-BAPTISTE MAITRE, Bracket Marble Bracket, 2017 [white version]


Foto: K. van Gelder

RUMIKO HAGIWARA, DINA DANISH, JEAN-BAPTISTE MAITRE, Bracket Marble Bracket, 2017
37 x 34,5 x 23,5 cm, w h i t e version
certificate, signed, numbered, dated in print
clay, cardboard box, matte marble print paper, hand painted manual, cellophane envelope with plugs and screws
edition 25 + 3 AP, here number 11/25
published by Multiple Choice, Amsterdam

 


Foto: K. van Gelder

RUMIKO HAGIWARA, DINA DANISH, JEAN-BAPTISTE MAITRE, Bracket Marble Bracket, 2017 [grey version]


Foto: K. van Gelder

RUMIKO HAGIWARA, DINA DANISH, JEAN-BAPTISTE MAITRE, Bracket Marble Bracket, 2017
35 x 34,5 x 23,5 cm, w h i t e version
certificate, signed, numbered, dated in print
clay, cardboard box, matte marble print paper, hand painted manual, cellophane envelope with plugs and screws
edition 25 + 3 AP, here number 5/25
published by Multiple Choice, Amsterdam

 


Foto: K.van Gelder

SYLVIE FLEURY, Hotheels, 1999 [box with postcards, 2 sets]

SYLVIE FLEURY, Hotheels, 1999
13,5 x 18,7 x 3 cm
2 sets of six different notecards in wrappers, 13 envelopes, cardboard box
published by Hugo Boss
very good condition, rare
€ 245,- plus € 15,- track & Trace registered EU mail

This publication with 2 sets notecards in cardboard box was produced to mark the auction of Sylvie Fleury Formula 1 Dress created by Hugo Boss.