Christian Boltanski - Unoriginal Sins

12 Apr EPHEMERES. 2018.

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London: Marian Goodman Gallery, 2018
15 x 21cm, 8pp. Opens to display a small poster - 30 x 42cm, and minimal gallery information. The image is a video still from a film of a major installation in an unknown location where bomb-like sculptural shapes are hollow and allow the wind to pass through and make an eerie low moaning sound. There is a skeleton of what seems to be a whale nearby - and one is tempted to see this as a mournful sound art memorial to the dead animal. VG+.

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09 Apr LIMITED EDITION COVER FOR WALLPAPER. APRIL 2018.

Posted at 14:48h in ARTIST’S BOOKS

London: Wallpaper Magazine, 2018
30 x 22cm, 290pp plus wrappers. A single issue of this art and design magazine which has a 4pp interview with Boltanski on the eve of his first London exhibition for many years. There is a full page colour portrait of the artist and images in his studio.
The cover is a special design by Boltanski for the magazine which overlaps eyes from a face onto his light-bulb installation "Depart". VG+.

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24 Nov BOLTANSKI. OUDE KIRK. 2017.

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Amsterdam: Oude Kirk, 2017
42 x 29cm, 4pp. Exhibition catalogue in tabloid newspaper format for the major installation in the old medieval church in the Old Town of Amsterdam. Four large images of the installations and text in Dutch. Folded as issued. VG+.

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23 Nov LIJST VAN BEGRAVEN PERSONEN IN DE OUDE KERK 1396 – 1865. 2017.

Posted at 15:07h in ARTIST’S BOOKS

Amsterdam: Oude Kirk, 2017
20.5 x 14.5cm, 48pp plus typographic card covers. Artist's book distributed at the major artist's installation in the medieval church near to Amsterdam's red light district. The book lists all of the people buried in the church between the years of 1396 - 1865. Fine condition.

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01 Nov TAKE ME (I’M YOURS). 2017.

Posted at 21:21h in EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Milano: Pirelli HangarBicocca, 2018, 2001
15 x 10.4cm, 20pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for the large scale exhibition (one in a series) that were curated by Boltanski and Hans Ulrich Obrist where visitors could take artworks away (much like Boltanski's Dispersion installations). texts in Enlgish and Italian, one b/w image of Boltanski's contribution - Dispersion but from the first of the shows in London in 1995. Another double page colour image of the Felix Gonzalez Torres"Untitled (revenge)". VG+.

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04 Oct DISPERSION A L’AMIABLE. TAKE ME (I’M YOURS). 2017.

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Milano: Pirelli HangarBicocca, 2017
50 x 46cm, printed brown paper bag with string handles. Boltanski organised along with Hans Ulrich Obrist a series of TAKE ME I’M YOURS exhibitions (beginning in 1995 at the Serpentine Gallery, London) where the artworks could be taken away by visitors. Boltanski often created “Dispersions” – piles of second hand clothing that anyone was welcome to put into the specially printed bags (of which this is one example) and take home. This was a second such installation - previously in Paris - the bags however differed slightly from each other in the texts but the designed was the same . Theoretically an unlimited edition but time limited. This example is in VG+ condition but folded twice for storage.
This example with a piece of children's clothing from the exhibition.

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09 Sep THE SAFE HOUSE. A NOVEL. 2017.

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017
22.5 x 14.3cm, 232pp plus boards and dust jacket. A novel by Botlanski's son heavily based on the story of the "Bolts" a family in Saint-Germain where the Jewish father had to go into hiding to avoid the nazis for several years. The book is obviously (and openly) based on the real life story of the Boltanski family). Near fine.

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27 Jul CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI. ANIME. DI LUOGO IN LUOGO. 2017. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

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Bologna: Teatro Arena del Sole, 2017 14.6 x 10.5cm, 2pp full colour announcement card with an installation view on the front, verso gallery details. The title translates to "SOULS. FROM PLACE TO PLACE". A music and visual installation which was related to the artist's permanent installation in the city to commemorate the Air Itavia crash of 1980. This example of the card is signed in blue felt tipped pen by the artist. VG+....

26 Jul ANIME. DI LUOGO IN LUOGO. 2017.

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Bologna: MAMBO, 2017 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for a special programme of events in Bologna which included installations and billboard presentations. One such installation work by Boltanski "animitas (blanc) from is reproduced on the front. VG+. ...

19 Sep ANIMITAS. LES AMES QUI MURMURENT. 2016. SIGNED BY BOLTANSKI.

Posted at 10:05h in EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Tokyo: Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 2016
30 x 19cm, 124pp plus card covers and printed pictorial dust-jacket. Exhibition catalogue for a major Japanese show with many colour images of the exhibition and in particular a major shadow play work and several videos of public installations. Printed on various paper stocks (some transparent) there are also interviews in Japanese and English. VG+.
This copy is signed in black ink on the inner dust-jacket by Boltanski.

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02 Oct DISPERSION A L’AMIABLE. TAKE ME (I’M YOURS). 2015.

Posted at 16:33h in OBJECT MULTIPLES

France: Monnaie de Paris, 2015
50 x 46cm, printed brown paper bag with string handles. Boltanski organised along with Hans Ulrich Obrist a series of TAKE ME I'M YOURS exhibitions (beginning in 1995 at the Serpentine Gallery, London) where the artworks could be taken away by visitors. Boltanski often created "Dispersions" - piles of second hand clothing that anyone was welcome to put into the specially printed bags (of which this is one example) and take home. Theoretically an unlimited edition but time limited.
This example is in VG+ condition but folded twice for storage.
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France: Monnaie de Paris, 2015
21 x 15cm, 1pp typographic handout describing the work from the exhibition. Also mentioned the Felix Gonzalez Torres works on show in the exhibition. VG+.

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16 Sep TAKE ME (I’M YOURS). 2015. WITH CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME.

Posted at 14:50h in EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Paris: Monnaie de Paris, 2015 18 x 14cm, 36pp (self cover). The exhibition catalogue for the major exhibition curated by Boltanski and Olbrist which was based on their original show in the Serpentine Gallery, London in 2007. The exhibition was based on the idea that the artists would give works to the attendees for free to take away. Included works by Gilbert and George, Douglas Gordon, Boltanski, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Lawrence Weiner, Jeremy Deller and others. B/w images of installations and texts in French and English. VG+. JOINT: TAKE ME Paris: Monnaie de Paris, 2015 15 x 11cm, 28pp (self cover). The children's version of the programme with one work on the cover. Texts in French and English. VG+. Price is for both together....