paul robertson, Author at Unoriginal Sins

07 May KADDISH. 1998.

Posted at 10:27h in ARTIST’S BOOKS

Paris/Munich: Editions des musées/ Gina Kehayoff Verlag, 1998. 26.5 x 20.5cm, 1168pp plus boards. First edition of this huge artist's book which reproduced 1148 black and white photographs all without detail taken from Botlanski's personal collection of found images. All are figurative - people in all of their different forms - and the title Kaddish is a Jewish call for praise of god - and sometimes part of mourning rituals.
There are four sections - Menschlich, Sachlich, Ortlich, Sterblich. Boltanski has adopted an interest in his father's religion and while not practising he clearly identifies with some of the religion's compassion.
VG+.

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06 May HISTORY SCULPTURE. 1998.

Posted at 22:03h in Monographs & Essays

Brough Park: Saint Paulinus, 1998
21 x 15cm, 28pp plus card covers and dust jacket. Short monograph on Finlay's La Revolution est un bloc sculpture - an axe is buried in a wooden (in actuality bronze) block with the title text. The axe has a blue, red and white ribbon on the handle. Essay by Harry Gilonis. Full colour image and another work - 4 Blades also reproduced. VG+.

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06 May THE HOMEWARD STAR… 1998.

Posted at 17:56h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1998
10.4 x 14.5cm, 1pp artist's card with two texts in a black oval:

The homeward star
The stitching sail

The homeward sail
The stitching star

Finlay notes the words "homeward star: occur in Samuel Palmers translation of Virgil's First Eclogue.
This card transposes the star and sail to alter the meaning of each phrase - a relatively common device used by Finlay in his poetry. The stitching sale being the way a sailor might be stitched into a sail when he died, the homeward sail being a reference to the end of life as well as a returning boat (again another Finlay trope). Both lines are momento mori. VG+.

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01 May FROM THE SERIES LITTLE SPARTA BY ROBIN GILLANDERS. 1988.

Posted at 22:13h in Invitation Cards

Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 1998
A set of three different 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp postcards each with a view of the gardens at Little Sparta taken by Robin Gillanders. Issued to help raise money for the Little Sparta Trust. VG+.

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30 Apr IAN HAMILTON FINLAY AT THE SERPENTINE GALLERY. 1998.

Posted at 17:31h in Invitation Cards

London: Serpentine Gallery, 1998
21 x 10cm, 4pp. Announcement card for the major installation at the entrance to the Serpentine Gallery with images of the stonework at the entrance and one of the tree plaques. VG+.

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29 Apr VINTAGE XEROX COPY OF A PRESS CUTTING FROM SCOTSMAN 29 APRIL 1988.

Posted at 19:57h in Letters + Documents

21 x 20cm, 1pp xerox copy of two letters to the Scotsman with the headline " SAINT-JUST'S SCOTTISH CONNECTION" . the first letter from Hamish Henderson after noting a document that directly links Saint-Just to Scottish affairs of the 1790s but goes on to scoff at the idea that Finlay is a Nazi. The other letter is from Alexander Stoddart on behalf of the Saint-Just Vigilantes again in support of Finlay. This was a xerox copied by Finlay and distributed to friends and supporters in his regular mail-outs as was his habit.

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21 Apr LEAVES. 1998. HAND-TYPED UNIQUE BOOKWORK. SIGNED BY BELLINGHAM. VERY EARLY WORK.

Posted at 10:38h in David Bellingham

Glasgow: Wax366, 1998
12 x 11.2cm, 4pp folded card to create a small book. On the front the word LEAVES has been hand-typed by Bellingham and inside the alphabet with the word TREE replacing the letter C.
Bellingham did an unspecified number of these works by hand - a very early concrete poetry work. Signed on the back in pencil. A very early work by the artist. VG+.

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20 Apr SPRAY. 1998.

Posted at 17:48h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1998
10.5 x 21.5cm, 4pp artist's card with a drawing by Gary Hincks of the long line of hooked lines (called a spray) used in Thonier French fishing. The image also has the overall look of water spraying. This card has a lengthy ink note from Gary Hincks to Janet Boulton (both Finlay collaborators) pointing out the work is a "twin" of her work "Thonier". Hincks writes: "it is a rod with lines and hooks from the Breton "Thonier: (tuna fishing boat). The rod is raised - as here when sailing out to the fishing grounds." VG+.

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18 Apr IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. COMMISSION IN THE GROUNDS OF THE SERPENTINE GALLERY. 1998.

Posted at 17:11h in Invitation Cards

London: Serpentine Gallery, 1998
21 x 14cm, 2pp. Invitation card for a major installation at the entrance to the Serpentine Gallery. The commission is a circular ground work at the entrance (as well as a garden installation on benches and tree plaques). The work is illustrated on the front. VG+.
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London: Serpentine Gallery, 1998
30 x 21cm, 1pp. Letter from Julia Peyton-Jones addressed to Finlay's collaborator Janet Boulton inviting her to the celebration for the installation. VG+.

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18 Apr IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1998.

Posted at 10:46h in Invitation Cards

Wein: Herbert Winter, 19978
10.5 x 15cm, 1pp. Typographic announcement card for a Finlay solo show printed blue on white. VG+.

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01 Apr LEMON WITH ORANGES. 1998.

Posted at 17:41h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1998
11 x 14cm, 2pp artist's card with a painting by Janet Boulton reproduced on the front. The title notes the similarities of a boat to a lemon (something often noted by Finlay) and the cargo here is a mass of oranges. VG+.

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19 Mar DISAPPEARING ACT. 1998.

Posted at 20:24h in James Lee Byars

NYC: Bound & Unbound/Leslie Tonkonow, 1998 30.8 x 21.4cm, blue on white small poster for a group show where all of the items were designed to rot or disappear over time - included work by James Lee Byars, George Maciunas, Dieter Roth, Andy Warhol, Alison Knowles, General Idea, and others. Folded twice for storage else VG....