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WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: Fluxus Preview Review by George Maciunas, 1963
We have severalFluxusitems in our collection, this scroll is one of the recent additions.
Vertical scroll printed in offset (both recto and verso) on three joined strips of coated stock, rolled as issued. The scroll includes a montage of scores, performance photographs, information on future performances, listing of past and future Fluxus publications, and the definition of the hyper-word “Fluxus”. Contributors include: Eric Anderson, Ben Patterson, La Monte Young, Jackson Mac Low, Dick Higgins, Daniel Spoerri, J. J. Lambert, Henry Flynt, Yoko Ono, etc. Editorial committee: Chairman, George Maciunas; Cross section, Nam June Paik, Emmett Williams; U.S. section, La Monte Young [and others], as well as sections representing other countries.
WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: The Bookmaker - Deb Rindl, 2000
WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: 1018 W Scott Street - Thomas Rose, 2005
- Description: “The images are printed on Arches Infinity digital 203 g/m paper on an Epson 4000 by Digi-Graphics in Minneapolis. The clamshell box, typography and printing are by Chip Schilling of Indulgence press. The text is set in the typeface, Century. The pages are printed letterpress from plates onto Arches Infinity 230 g/m paper”–Colophon.
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WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: EDVARD MUNCH ETCHINGS, 1950
Perhaps this format isn’t quite as weird, this item contains a portfolio, several loose etchings from Munch, in a wrapper and matching box. There is also a separate booklet with contextual information.
Munch is best known for his work “The Scream.” He was a Norwegian artist whose work dealt with the depth of human psychology.
“As early as 1885, Edvard Munch felt the need to develop a bolder and more simplified style of painting, which we have now come to know as ‘expressionism’. He was one of those artists who reacted against naturalism, and led a movement which has since dominated modern art. It took Munch ten years to produce his own expressionist style, which was the formative influence of the German School of 1902, and which later in 1940 influenced American experimental art. Both as a painter and as a graphic artist, Munch searched to express the hitherto unplumbed depths of the human soul.”
-Johan H. Langaard, Tate Britian
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WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: Pablo Picasso’s Guernica : the 42 preliminary studies on paper reproduced in facsimile, 1990
This book is 2 feet long and consists of a booklet and 31 plates. This facsimile includes an introduction and commentary by the curator of The Picasso Museum in Paris, Marie-Laure Bernadac. Throughout the plates, you can observe Picasso’s process, to peek into his genius.
Picasso’s enormous black and white painting, Guernica, was completed in June of 1937. It is considered one of the most powerful anti-war paintings created.
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WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: A+B - Arthur & Barbara, 2011
“Arthur & Barbara is a portrait of art critic/philosopher Arthur Danto and artist Barbara Westman seen reflected in the space of their New York City apartment on Riverside Drive. This book embodies their life and work in symbolic forms of thoughtful play … Arthur & Barbara is a collection of simple objects, images and "games” referring to both Duchamp’s Boîte-en-valise and to Fluxus Collections.“–Artist’s prospectus.
Created with Mahogany, aluminum, DVD, letterpress and archival pigment printing, laser etching, duplex plastic, paper and Van Heek cloth.
Limited edition of 20.
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COLLECTION HIGHLIGHT: Dracula : A Toy Theatre : The Sets and Costumes of the Broadway Production of the Play Designed by Edward Gorey, 1979
Gorey’s award winning Broadway production of Dracula opened on October 20, 1977. He designed the costumes and sets and won a Tony Award for his costume designs.
This book includes adapted furnishings, characters and scenery which can be cut out and assembled to create a toy theatre.
Edward Gorey (1925-2000) was an American writer and artist known for his black and white gothic style set in Victorian times. He wrote more than 100 books, many of which are rare and hard to find , and illustrated more than 50 works by other authors.
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WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: Moses and the Shepherd - Poem by Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi, 1207-1273. Print by Daniel Keleher and Etchings by Mark Beard, 1987
Accordion style book gives the reader multiple ways to engage with the story. A historical poem given new life through artwork, fine printing and unique binding.
Limited Edition 64/100
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WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: Holzpostkarte - Joseph Bueys , 1974
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Joseph Bueys was a German artist and prominent figure of the Fluxus movement. Primarily a sculptor and performance artist, he participated in time-based “happenings” and Impermanent installation art. He shared the Fluxus values of pushing at and seeking to eradicate the boundaries of the art world.
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Pst….you can see an online collection of his works at the moma!
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WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: Compositions 1961, Fluxus Special Editions - La Monte Young, 1963
La Monte Young was often regarded as
The first minimalist composer
He was born October 14, 1935 and is 79 years old. As an avant garde composer, musician and artist, he created a large body of work. Young collaborated with Yoko Ono and George Maciunas of Fluxus, contributing works for publication in Fluxus compilations.
This tiny book measures 9 x 10cm.
Want to learn more about this piece? Check out Title: Draw a straight line and follow it : the music and mysticism of La Monte Young by Jeremy Neal Grimshaw
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WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: La Sainte-Vierge - Francis Picabia, 1993
Deluxe Exhibition Catalog from the Francis Picabia exhibition at Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerpen, February 28- April 25, 1993. The Catalog consists of many different components. A large amount of the materials are facsimiles of magazines founded and directed by Picabia such as 391 and Cannibale. The deluxe catalog also contains facsmilies of exhibition catalogs and tract-manifestos.
Francis Picabia, 1879 - 1953, was an influential figure of the Dada movement in Paris and New York. He even donned the nickname “Papa Dada.” He was a painter, poet, designer, typographist, magazine director and editor.
Limited Edition 1107/1200
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WEIRD FORMAT WEDNESDAY: Flux Paper Events - George Maciunas ©1976, 1998
Another humorous work by Fluxus! The “paper events” include pages that have been wrinkled, torn, stapled, hole punched, perforated, painted on, folded, and two pages stuck together with gum!
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COLLECTION HIGHLIGHT: Berghaus jugendstil-album, 1973
This album contains 38 reproductions of art nouveau posters by a variety of artists. Here are a few highlights!
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