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REAKTION III (ASSEMBLAGE MAGAZINE). 1981. DELUXE COPY WITH EXTRA PHOTOGRAPH.

paul robertson — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:44:44 +0000

Aisbach: Verlaggaleria Leaman, n.d. (1981)
Printed plastic and card folder with metal ring binder. Content of individual contributions and multiples by a wide range of artists (many from the fields of conceptual art, visual poetry and some of the Fluxus- affiliated artists).

This number has original contributions by Daniel Spoerri, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Maurizio Nannucci, Fritz Schwegler, Erwin Heerich, Alex Kayser, Schleber and Hagenberg. The content page is an additional extra frontispiece photograph by Alex Kayser - Zak & Kingbee which was not in all copies - the names of the participants are written on the chests of naked women. All numbers are scarce especially the earliest ones. Fine in like folder.

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ASSEMBLING. 1970. WITH ED RUSCHA CHOCOLATE STAIN PRINT.

paul robertson — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 21:33:18 +0000

New York : Gnilbmessa Inc., 1970
30 x 21cm, 158 pp. Limited edition conceptual book. Various artists, including Arakawa, Acconci, D. Graham, R. Lax, R. Kostelanetz and others, submitted 1,000 copies of up to 4 pages of self-printed material, to be collated in the publication. The completed publication included 42 original contributions a Ruscha hand-stained work: CHOCOLATE. The title printed on one page and a hand-applied chocolate smear appearing opposite: a reference to Ruscha's Installation at the Venice Biennale the same year, where he constructed a Chocolate Room consisting of 360 smeared sheets of paper. Fine condition.

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REAKTION VII (ASSEMBLAGE MAGAZINE). 1983.

paul robertson — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 14:58:54 +0000

Dusseldorf: Die Verlaggalerie, 1983
31.5 x 26cm, plastic and metal ring binder (printed) content of a series of original contributions from various artists - here Steve Wheatley has a found text entitled 'On the slopes' has a extreme close-up of a letter A reproduced so that the internal white of the A becomes a mountain and as the image is reduced step by step on realises the A is from the word Kilimanjaro. Susan Hiller has some pages of automatic writing, John Furnival has some photographic visual puns, Dick Higgins has four pages of visual poetry, Ruri - a photographic portrait of a forest, Lora-Totino creates visual poems from newspapers, Gilbert & George offer six red and black lithographic prints, Agnes Denes has more landscape photographs, Jeff Nuttal has two pages of reproduced drawings and, finally, Jean-Luc Vilmouth creates three pages of masks including one collaged mask made from a coffee filter. A very scarce example of the periodical in VG condition.

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REAKTION VI (ASSEMBLAGE MAGAZINE). 1982.

paul robertson — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 14:54:54 +0000

Aisbach: Verlaggaleria Leaman, n.d. (1982 or 1983)
Printed plastic and card folder with metal ring binder. Content of individual contributions and multiples by a wide range of artists (many from the fields of conceptual art, visual poetry and some of the Fluxus- affiliated artists). Paik here contributes 4pp offset reproductions of his sketchy drawings 'Moon is reaction to sun'; Knowles a map of 'bean troubles'; Finlay's work is 'Twin-sets', Cobbin has two fold-outs 'Triptych five' and 'Triptych six'; Michael Drucks a lithograph (Xerox) in plastic folder; Ruhm a numbers work: 'Zeitgedicht' from 1981 and Tot: a work on public demonstations complete with German police permission letter for a demonstration. Crozier's contribution is a series of drawings (Xerox). This example of this scarce assemblage magazine came directly from Robin Crozier's archive. Fine in like folder.

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FRANTICHAMS FLUXUS ISLAND ASSEMBLING BOX NR.1. 2010. THE FIRST OF THE ASSEMBLING BOXES.

paul robertson — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 10:48:10 +0000

Dugort, Achill Island, County Mayo: Redfoxpress, 2010
21 X 15cm, two part sturdy cardboard box with three colour silkscreen title design content of contributions from 23 invited artists in the form of visual poetry, collages, prints, object multiples. Arists included Julian Blaine, Luc Fierens, Claus Peter Dencker, Merhrl Bennett, Richard Tipping, John M. Bennett, Francis Van Maele, Klaus Ghoh and others. There were 40 copies release all numbered on the front but ONLY 15 items were released for sale to the public. This was the very first of the Franticham's Fluxus Island books published by Van Maele and they are now very hard to get. This example is fine.

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TAKAKO’S. NEW YEAR ASSEMBLAGE/MAIL ART. 2002?

paul robertson — Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:16:53 +0000

Dusseldorf: s.p. (Saito), n.d. (2002?)

30 x 30cm, standard white record inner sleeve with the word "Takako's" hard written on the front, folded to contain another printed envelope. The whole being sealed by a printed "moustache" which was originally glued down.

The inner envelope is a 21.5 x 20cm printed enclosure (with a drawing of a face and the words "Takako's "Do it yourself book shop" on the from and inside five small rectangular pieces of paper with a colour reproduction of the Uganda flag, an excerpt of sheet music, a image of a butterfly, another of a ladder and a hand written note "Graci Takako" in red ink also on white paper. Two small dried flower heads and dried leaf with a drawing by Saito on it alongside a New Year greeting. Additionally there is a 10 x 14.5cm colour photographic portrait of Saito wearing one of her paper moustaches, on the back of the photo is a short note by Takako in black ink.

Together a unique assemblage give to the curator Caterina Gualco as a new year gift, we believe in 2002.

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THE SPELL OF LANGUAGE. 1976.

paul robertson — Wed, 28 Apr 1976 17:40:17 +0000

THE SPELL OF LANGUAGE Liverpool: Art-Research, March 1976 30 x 21cm, unpaginated (approx. 240pp - all printed recto only). Printed card covers with plastic transparent sheets and plastic binding. Internally all xerox pages. An unusual assemblage publication where artists have supplied xerox copies for inclusion in this work. Contributions include Art + Language as well as unauthorised reproductions of texts by LeWitt and others. VG.

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UNIQUE MAIL ART. 1968. SENT BY BEN VAUTIER TO TOMAS SCHMIT.

paul robertson — Tue, 23 Jul 1968 08:29:01 +0000

Nice: S.p. (Vautier), 1968

11.3 x 14.4cm, transparent envelope with glued on address label (to Tomas Schmit In Germany) and tipped on stamp content of two 10.5 x 14cm, 1pp printed cards by Ben about correspondence art (CORRESPONDANCE = ART = IDEE) and DES GESTES, EVENMENTS, HAPPENINGS DE RUE.

Additional is a colour vintage commercial postcard of the cathedral in Algers and five irregularly torn pieces of newspaper articles which are folded to fit the envelope.

Finally Ben has added a short cut up section of film (4.5 x 1.5cm) with 6 frames of images of himself.

An unique mail art work - similar in some respects to others sent out at the same time but each with unique contents (others do not seem to have the film strip) sent to a Fluxus friend. All in very good condition if one takes into account the roughly torn nature of some of the papers. The envelope has some minor wear from the mailing experience and the stamp is franked 1968.

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