paul robertson, Author at Unoriginal Sins

03 May SILKSCREEN PORTRAITS OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. c. 2005.

Posted at 19:26h in Miscellany

Edinburgh: Shelagh Atkinson, n.d,
16 x 12cm, plastic photo folder content of six different inkjet imnages of portraits of Ian Hamilton Finlay made as silkscreens by Artkinson. VG+.

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23 Apr (MISUNDER STANDINGS). 2005.

Posted at 10:49h in Jonathan Monk

Chapultpec: Galeria de Arte Mexicano, 2005 21 x 15cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a group show which included works by Josef Albers, Martin creed, Tina Modotti, Gunther Gerzco and others. VG+. ...

19 Apr I SAW ANDY WARHOL IN MY COFFEE CUP. 2005. LIMITED EDITION.

Posted at 20:30h in Jonathan Monk, Uncategorised

Avignon: Collection Lambert en Avignon, 2005
15 x 15 x 15cm, espresso coffee cup and saucer with an image of Warhol on the inside of the bottom of the cup and the title "I saw Andy Warhol at the bottom of my cup for a second, then he vanished." on the saucer. A limited edition object multiple which reminds the owner of the short timescale of Warhol's famous dictum that "in the future everyone will be famlus for 15 minutes."...

12 Apr IDEAS LEAVE OBJECTS STANDING. 2005.

Posted at 10:09h in David Bellingham

Newcastle: Baltic, 2005 22 x 17.5cm, unpaginated (c. 94pp) plus printed boards. Artist's book by the Scottish artist which displays his fascination with measurement, and the most minimal elements of discourse i.e. the letter or individual word. At his best Bellingham takes visual poetry and brings it into the sphere of conceptual art. One of 1,500 copies. Fine....

25 Mar ET IN ARCADIA EGO. ART POSTCARD. c. 2005.

Posted at 17:11h in Miscellany

Edinburgh: Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, n.d. (c. 2000)
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp commercial art postcard released by the museum with an image of the sculpture Et in Arcadia Ego on the front. VG+.

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18 Mar 6 SEPTEMBRES. 2005.

Posted at 13:52h in ARTIST’S BOOKS

Milano: Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, 2005
12 x 17cm., 144pp with original printed boards. First edition of this artist's book with texts by Jean-Hubert Martin in English, French and Italian. The book consists of sixty-one stills chosen by the artist from TV news images broadcast on each September 6 (his birthday) from 1944 to 2004 (after 1973 the images are in colour). VG+.

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14 Mar IAN HAMILTON FINLAY OF CONCEITS AND COLLBORATORS. 2005.

Posted at 17:37h in Invitation Cards

Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 2005
21 x 10cm, 6pp (single folded sheet). This was Finlay's penultimate exhibition while alive - exhibiting books and other works as well as photographs - short text and some images of Little Sparta by Dave Paterson. VG+.

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11 Mar TWO CORRELATED ROTATIONS. 2005. SIGNED BY MONK.

Posted at 12:10h in Jonathan Monk

Nantes: Erban, 205
15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card with a photograph by Monk on the front of someone modifying a turntable. Verso gallery details. This example is signed by Monk on the back.

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25 Feb HOMAGE TO MODERN ART. ART POSTCARD. c. 2005.

Posted at 17:08h in Miscellany

London: Tate Gallery, n.d. (c. 2005)
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp commercial art postcard released by the museum with an image of the print Homage to Modern Art on the front. VG+.

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10 Feb JONATHAN MONK UNTITLED AND UNFINISHED (AFGHANISTAN). 2005. SIGNED BY MONK.

Posted at 12:17h in Jonathan Monk

Rome: The British School at Rome, 2005
20 x 14.5cm, folded size. Opens to 42 x 58cm approx. Artist designed exhibition catalogue and poster -b/w photograph of a two Afghanistan mules in a landscape is recto and verso gallery details and a text in Italian and English regarding Monk's debt to Boetti (who is buried in Afghanistan). This copy is unusually signed in pencil on the front cover by Monk. Fine.

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10 Feb WINGED MIRROR. 2005. SIGNED BY MONK.

Posted at 08:52h in Jonathan Monk

Rome: British School at Rome, 2005
24 x 17cm, 44pp plus wrappers. Artist's book and exhibition catalogue designed by Monk with numerous colour images of photographs of Afghanistan taken by a Monk surrogate from his rear view car mirror and a film about Monk's understanding of the place where Boetti wanted to be buried after his death. There is an interview between Monk and Boetti's son and short essays all in both Italian and English. This copy of this early book is signed by Monk on the first page. VG+.

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28 Jan 6 SEPTEMBRES (PREMIERE). 2005.

Posted at 17:14h in EPHEMERA

Paris: Musee d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC, 2005.
21 x 10.4cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for the premier of the artist's film showing a compilation of newspaper broadcasts on the 6th September since the day of his birth in 1944. VG+.

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