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16 May THE LAND’S SHADOWS. 1968.

Posted at 10:32h in Artist's Postcards

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1968
9.8 x 25cm, 2pp. Finlay in many of his early cards finds the spaces between banks of canals, or between features of the landscape irresistible. Here the words THE LAND'S SHADOWS in red are split with four others in a different colour which read Drift Trawl Ring Seine. Words associated with sailing are thus flanked by the dark areas of the landscape (from hills or banks - one does not know) hence painting a picture using words. VG. Murray 4.12. ...

02 May OP KAHIER YANG. NR 5/6. May 1968.

Posted at 14:32h in Page Works & Contributions

Gent: Yang Kahier, 1968.
30 x 21cm, 72 pp (recto only) plus card covers and tape binding. A single number of this artist's journal published by the Yang Gruppe. There is a Finlay contribution PEAR. VG+.

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28 Apr SEA POPPY 2. (FISHING BOAT NAMES). 1968.

Posted at 10:28h in Artist's Postcards

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1968
16 x 16cm, 2pp. Green on blue card - the front of the card has a circular design made up of fishing boat names typographically set by Alistair Cant on Finlay's instruction. The pattern creates both a planet or the movement in the stars as they appear to spin around the boat as night passes. Stars for boats are essential to allow passage - until modern methods of navigation they were the sailor's only orientation. The choice of the boat names chosen by Finlay reinforces that - all have the word STAR in them e.g. Morning Star, Day Star, Fortune Star and so on.
This is the second of two cards with a similar intent - the other uses the letters and numbers of the boats - here the attractive names people give their vessels are used instead.
The title Sea Poppy refers to the yellow hornpoppy which only grows on sea shores - again a clear nautical reference.
This design and others like it was used by Finlay in different formats including wall works, object multiples, printed posters and cards. ...

26 Apr UNTITLED. 1968. UNIQUE BISCUIT BOX WITH CAGES OF HAIR, BLOODY PLASTER AND “BOULE” AS WELL AS SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH.

Posted at 19:35h in UNIQUE WORKS

Paris: s.p. (Boltanski), 1968
18 x 24 x 24cm two part rusted (as issued) tin two biscuit box content of three home-made wide cages (chickenwire) containing the artist's hair, a ball of dirt (one of many such "boules" that Boltanski made almost compulsively during that time and a bloody elastoplast (the artist's blood). Additionally there is a signed photograph of the whole box. The bottom of the box has the text: " EMBALLAGE PERDU / PLOI STRICTMENT INTERDIT" which translates roughly to "LOST PACKAGING / STRICTLY PROHIBITED SHIPPING".
This was one of a number (Boltanski claims around 30) such boxes that he created (each unique) and gave as gestural gifts to friends, collectors and even strangers. In VG+ condition.
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19 Apr ANTHOLOGIE ZUR VISUELLE POESIE. 1968.

Posted at 09:38h in Exhibition Catalogues

Munster: Anthologie zur Visuellen Poesie, n.d. (1968)
19,5 x 219cm, unpaginated ( c. 80pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for an important early survey of concrete and visual poetry in Germany., Works shown by almost all the major figures in the movement. Finlay has two works - Village (where the v is inverted to create a hut) and Star Steer, Rare. VG+.

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16 Apr SEA POPPY 1. (FISHING BOAT LETTERS AND NUMBERS). 1968.

Posted at 10:21h in Artist's Postcards

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1968
16 x 16cm, 2pp. Black on orange card - the front of the card has a circular design made up of fishing boat letters and numbers that allow unique identification of any particular vessel typographically set by Alistair Cant on Finlay's instruction. The pattern creates both a schematic planet or the perceived circular movement in the stars as they appear to spin around the boat as night passes. Stars for sailors are essential to life - until modern methods of navigation they were the only orientation available to the crew and captain of a ship.
The title Sea Poppy refers to the yellow hornpoppy which only grows on sea shores - again a clear nautical reference.
This design and others like it was used by Finlay in different formats including wall works, object multiples, printed posters and cards....

30 Mar PRIVATE TUTOR. ISSUE NO. 8. 1968.

Posted at 09:26h in Page Works & Contributions

Nottingham: Tarasque Press, 1968
26 x 20cm, 1pp. Small broadside issued by The Trent Bookshop/Tarasque Press (formed by Stuart Mills and Martin Parnel in 1964) which had a different poet in each issue. This number has "Ian H. Finlay"'s Arcady poem and "Some Questions on the poem". We have written extensively on this work as a stand alone book elsewhere on this site. What is worth noting is that this is an extremely rare item in VG+ condition.

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18 Mar SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL FILMS. TRUE ‘TERMINAL EXPERIENCE. 1968.

Posted at 11:39h in Jud Yalkut

Cincinatti: University of Cincinatti, 1968 21 x 28cm, 1pp b/w offset lithographic leaflet to promote the Festival - has a collage of press cuttings about the festival performances which includes Hermann Nitsch and Jud Yalkut including a part interview. VG....

18 Mar JUD YALKUT & FESTIVAL FILMS. 1968.

Posted at 11:27h in Jud Yalkut

Cincinatti: University of Cincinatti, 1968 55 x 35cm, b/w offset lithographic poster for a showing of Yalkut's films at this arts festival. Folded as issued. VG....

18 Mar IAS BULLETIN No. 9. 1968.

Posted at 11:24h in Jud Yalkut

Madison, NJ: International Artists Seminar Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1968 31.5 x 21.5cm, 1pp b/w offset news bulletin for two upcoming events at this university, the first featuring Snow and Joyce Wieland, and the second a screening of Yalkut's films followed by a panel of all three artists. VG....

17 Mar 2ND BUFFALO FESTIVAL OF LIFE. 1968.

Posted at 22:55h in Jud Yalkut

Buffalo State University College of New York at Buffalo", 1968 22 x 21.5cm, 4pp b/w offset folded program for an event in March '68 held as part of that year's Intermedia festival. Featured dance by Trisha Brown Schilchter and Michele Friedman to music by Simone Whitman with an accompanying film by Yalkut. VG. ...

17 Mar USCO FANS BLOW, STROBES FLASH, FOR INTERMEDIA ’68 FESTIVAL. 1968.

Posted at 22:48h in Jud Yalkut

Garnerville: USCO, 1968 28 x 21.5cm, 1pp b/w offset press release on USCO's environmental piece for the Intermedia '68 festival. The works shown were the "Ten Foot Fanflashtic" - an outdoor kenetic structure. VG....