Unoriginal Sins | https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:12:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png Unoriginal Sins | https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 LICHT UND BEWEGUNG – KINETISCHE KUNST. 1966. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/licht-und-bewegung-kinetische-kunst-1966/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=licht-und-bewegung-kinetische-kunst-1966 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 18:37:25 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=54992 PRESS RELEASE ADMITTING THE FABRICATION OF A LETTER FROM HARALD SZEEMANN. 1972. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/press-release-admitting-the-fabrication-of-a-letter-from-harald-szeemann-1972/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=press-release-admitting-the-fabrication-of-a-letter-from-harald-szeemann-1972 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:11:21 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=43267 NYC: s.p. (Hendrics/Toche), 1972
30 x 21cm, b/w offset. A press release in which Hendricks and Toche announce publicly that a supposed letter to them from Harald Szeeman in which he hints at a sexist policy for Documenta 5 (which he was curating) was a forgery made by the Guerrilla Art Action Group. They ascribed views to Szeemann that he had not actually made (but they inferred) and mixed in English translations of short passages by Adolf Hitler including "“The whores were at it again. […] I give the orders. Women should make soup, that’s all.”.
The letter by admitting this (actually illegal) act opens an interesting debate as to whether such tactics are reasonable or not. The forged letter was believed by some at first and while it did open a debate about the inclusion of women in Documanta 5 it also maligned Szeemann by exaggerating his real position.
This has some edge damage and browning on the right and small tears where the leaflet was folded but a scarce document indeed.
]]> NYC: s.p. (Hendrics/Toche), 1972
30 x 21cm, b/w offset. A press release in which Hendricks and Toche announce publicly that a supposed letter to them from Harald Szeeman in which he hints at a sexist policy for Documenta 5 (which he was curating) was a forgery made by the Guerrilla Art Action Group. They ascribed views to Szeemann that he had not actually made (but they inferred) and mixed in English translations of short passages by Adolf Hitler including "“The whores were at it again. […] I give the orders. Women should make soup, that’s all.”.
The letter by admitting this (actually illegal) act opens an interesting debate as to whether such tactics are reasonable or not. The forged letter was believed by some at first and while it did open a debate about the inclusion of women in Documanta 5 it also maligned Szeemann by exaggerating his real position.
This has some edge damage and browning on the right and small tears where the leaflet was folded but a scarce document indeed.
]]> MARIO MERZ AVEC LA COLLABORATION DE HARALD SZEEMANN. 1987. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/mario-merz-avec-la-collaboration-de-harald-szeemann-1987/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mario-merz-avec-la-collaboration-de-harald-szeemann-1987 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:40:52 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=36350 WEISS AUF WEISS. 1966. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/weiss-auf-weiss-1966/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weiss-auf-weiss-1966 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:30:25 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=14349 WHEN ATTITUDES BECOME FORM: LIVE IN YOUR HEAD. 1969. THE RARE SIX PAGE HANDOUT. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/when-attitudes-become-form-live-in-your-head-1969-the-rare-six-page-handout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-attitudes-become-form-live-in-your-head-1969-the-rare-six-page-handout Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:41:01 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=11527 SCHLAU SEIN DABEI SEIN. 1980. KIPPENBERGER’S FOURTH EVER BOOK. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/schlau-sein-dabei-sein-1980-kippenbergers-fourth-ever-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=schlau-sein-dabei-sein-1980-kippenbergers-fourth-ever-book Thu, 10 Apr 1980 14:16:13 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=17621 JE NOUS W IK J. 1975. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/je-nous-w-ik-j-1975/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=je-nous-w-ik-j-1975 Sun, 05 Jan 1975 22:08:19 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=7389 A 37 90 89 IN DUSSELDORF. 1969. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/a-37-90-89-in-dusseldorf-1969/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-37-90-89-in-dusseldorf-1969 Wed, 29 Oct 1969 09:04:43 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=1013 Antwerpen: A 37 90 89, n.d. (1969) 30 x 21cm, 1pp. b/w mimeograph - a handout produced by Kasper Koenig issued during the LIDL events in Dusseldorf listing the various artists involved in the events - names include Beuys, Cladders, Carl Andre, Jim and Eugenia Butler, Any de Decker, Bernrd Lohaus, Daniel Buren, Niele Torini, Seth Siegelaub, Stanley Brown, Harald Szeemann, Mis Viusser, Palermo, Marcel Broodthaers, Doeothee and Konrad Fischer amongst others. There are two punched holes for the leaflet to be stored in a ring binder but else VG+. Very scarce documentation.]]> Antwerpen: A 37 90 89, n.d. (1969) 30 x 21cm, 1pp. b/w mimeograph - a handout produced by Kasper Koenig issued during the LIDL events in Dusseldorf listing the various artists involved in the events - names include Beuys, Cladders, Carl Andre, Jim and Eugenia Butler, Any de Decker, Bernrd Lohaus, Daniel Buren, Niele Torini, Seth Siegelaub, Stanley Brown, Harald Szeemann, Mis Viusser, Palermo, Marcel Broodthaers, Doeothee and Konrad Fischer amongst others. There are two punched holes for the leaflet to be stored in a ring binder but else VG+. Very scarce documentation.]]>