15 x 20.5cm, acrylic paint on white board. An original painting by Bellingham in three colours of blue - the shapes being the sky seen through the gaps in the foliage of trees. On the back the work is addressed to Paul Robertson and has a stamp but it was never posted but hand delivered. VG+. Unique. ...
Edinburgh: Show & Tell Editions, 2005
14.5 x 21cm, 2pp. artist’s postcard as edition. The Scottish Parliament is show overlaid with red “x”s - the postcard was issued in a small number of copies during the period when Bellingham took a break from making his major work TURNOUT at the Heart Gallery, Edinburgh where he re-wrote the entire number of Xs cast in the Scottish 2003 Scottish parliamentary election by hand. "Abstention" is a counterpart to the "Turnout” project and represents the
50.7% of people who did not vote during the 2003 election.
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Edinburgh: Show & Tell Editions, 2005
15 x 10.2cm, 32pp plus printed card covers. Artist's book from Scottish artist, David Bellingham that solely consists of 4,668 reproductions of hand drawn crosses and an illustration of a ballot box.
There are strictly 500 hand-numbered copies of this book - aside from one unique book (no. 1) within the edition which corrects the entire number of crosses to exactly represent the total number of votes cast in Scotland during the May 5th 2005 General Election (2,333,882).
Conceptual work and/or concrete poem, this is a peon to democracy and a metaphor of the substantial effort required in maintaining openness in society. If ever there was time to remind ourselves of the importance of our pluralist societies, it is now.
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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....
Glasgow: Wax366, 2004
12 x 21cm, 2pp black and red on white card with a text: "YEAR. It appears in its proper dimensions only from the outside, it gains strength from time and elevation from distance." A new year gift from the artist to friends and colleagues - this is signed "Best wishes, David" on the back. VG+.
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Glasgow: WAX366, 2003
29 x 13cm, 2pp offset green and brown lithographic print with an abstract image of a telegraph pole - the joke being that such a construction is Scotland's national tree. The text is in green and the "pole" in brown creating a visual poem. Signed on the back by Bellingham. VG+. ...
Glasgow: Wax366, 2003
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with an image of a paper cup with a rule placed in the coffee. Verso - this example is signed by Bellingham. VG+.
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Glasgow: Wax366, 2003
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with a colour photograph of the window of the "Manchester" pavilion during the 2001 Venice Biennale. A neon says Manchester and is lit in blue. A first card was released two years earlier with a red curtain. VG+.
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Glasgow: Wax366, 2002
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist postcard displaying a photograph of a neon work by Simon Cutts. The neon was theoretically meant to be powered by wind turbine. The text reads: "Found the pomes in the fields and only wrote them down." VG+.
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Glasgow: Wax366, 2002
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with a colour photograph of a batch of leeks with a printed label on them in Spanish although the word SPRING is apparent - a seasonal reference. VG+.
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Glasgow: Wax366, 2002
15 x 21cm, 2pp artist postcard with a colour image of a painted stick (with the letter E as the pattern) in deep snow. VG+
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8.4 x 13cm, 2pp artist postcard issued near the British bonfire night - November 5th. The tradition of remembrance of the "Gun Powder Plot" where Guy Fawkes planned to destroy the British parliament as a rebellion against the Protestant leadership. The word EMBER is shown in red on the card within the NOVEMBER - a reference to those bonfires. VG+.
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