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PERVERTED BY LANGUAGE. 1987.

paul robertson — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:38:10 +0000

Greenvale: Hillwood At Gallery, 1987 27.5 x 22cm, 64pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a major conceptual art exhibition with contributions by Vito Acconci, Vikky Alexander, Art & Language, Beth Brenner, Stuart Brisley, Victor Burgin, Michael Corris, Jessica Diamond, Gilbert & George, Olivier Mosset, Peter Halley, Alfredo Jaar, Information Fiction Publicité, Jenny Holzer, Larry Johnson, Louise Lawler, Ronald Jones, Silvia Kolbowski, Hans Haacke, Antonio Muntadas, Haim Steinbach, Allen Ruppersberg, Les Levine, David Robbins, Nancy Spero, Mark Stahl, Tim Rollins & K.O.S., Peter Nagy, Steven Parrino, Richard Prince, Julie Wachtel, Wallace & Donohue, Lawrence Weiner. Each artist has a two page section with works reproduced in colour and b/w. VG+.

TENDERLY. 2021. LIMITED EDITION CONDOM.

paul robertson — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:21:21 +0000

London: n.p., 2021 5.5 x 5.5cm, aluminium wrapped lubricated condom with two texts by Jenny Holzer in red - on the front "Tenderly" and on the back "Tenderly I will use you". The latter quotation is from Walt Whitman. One of 10,000 originally published although many were used or supplied to the MMS limited edition box. Now hard to find. Unopened. We do not recommend using these condoms although there is an expiration date of 2026 on them - they are designed to be artworks first and foremost. VG+.

TENDER. 2022. PRINTED UTILISING GOLD LEAF. ONE OF ONLY 50 SIGNED & NUMBERED COPIES.

paul robertson — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:09:40 +0000

Paris: Yvon Lambert Editions, 2022 32 x 23cm, with 8pp internally that opens up to 32 x 88cm for the central image. This is the twentieth book of the Pli selon pli collection published by Yvon Lambert displaying the work of major book artists. The outer cover is on Colorplan Real Grey 270 gr in a full blue canvas cover with tipped on title label - internally the pages which include five Truisms in English by Holzer including "It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender" across the internal four pages and single pages showing "Peiple look like they are dancing before they love", "Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance", "Savour kindness because cruelty is always possible later", and In a dream you found a way to survive and you were full of joy". The printing has utilised gold leaf to create each page and this is a truly beautiful artist' book. The inside back cover has a colophon tipped on which is signed and numbered by Holzer. Near fine.

INFLAMMATORY ESSAYS (FIRST EDITION). 1979. ONE PRINT HAND-SIGNED.

paul robertson — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:40:27 +0000

NYC: s.p., 1979 - 1982

A set of ten, back on various coloured stock posters each uniformly 43 x 43cm containing Holzer's breakthrough text work. These are the first edition (there were two variants in size) issued over the period 1979 - 1982 and posted throughout Manhattan by the artist as an early street art work. Exceptionally rare - there have been three other re-issues of these texts but this is their first incarnation. One of the prints has been hand signed by Holzer at a later stage. Fine. Purchased from Printed Matter when Holzer donated it to them as a fundraiser.

MULTIPLES UN KUNSTLERBUCHER. 2008.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 10:54:47 +0000

Bremen: Museum fur Moderne Kunst, 2008 16 x 11.8cm, 2pp announcement card for an exhibition of object multiples and artist's books by the text artist. One colour image of Holzer's baseball hats with slogans. VG+.

THE DAY THE BIRD WAS ATTRACTED, IT FOULED ITS NEST. 2022.

paul robertson — Thu, 12 May 2022 15:11:05 +0000

Basel: Kunstmuseum Basel, 2022 21 x 10cm, 10pp )single folded sheet). Announcement for a retrospective of the work of Louise Bourgeois as curated by her friend Jenny Holzer. Eight works in colour and a text in German. VG+.

A WHITE CUBE IN ZONA P.O. BOX (SECRET EVENTS) POSTCARD. 1986.

paul robertson — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 08:12:31 +0000

Firenze: Zona Archives, 1986 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Artist postcard released on the occasion of the series of "Secret Events" created by James Lee Byars, Daniel Buren, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Terry Fox, General Idea, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Sol Lewitt, Maurizio Nannucci and Lawence Weiner for Nannucci's Zona Archives. Here on the front of the card is a photograph of Lewitt's event - a white cube which was left in the post office box of Zona Archives. This is documentation in postcard form after the vent rather than an announcement card. Fine. Scarce.

THE BREAKDOWN COMES…… 2021.

paul robertson — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:30:21 +0000

NYC: n.p., n.d. (2021) 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp digitally printed artist postcard on thin wood with the Truism THE BREAKDOWN COMES WHEN YOU STOP CONTROLLING YOURSELF AND WANT THE RELEASE OF A BLOODBATH. Limitation unknown. VG+.

ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED. 2021.

paul robertson — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:27:39 +0000

NYC: n.p., n.d. (2021) 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp digitally printed artist postcard on thin wood with the Truism ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED. Limitation unknown. VG+.

ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE. 2021.

paul robertson — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:23:44 +0000

NYC: n.p., n.d. (2021) 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp digitally printed artist postcard on thin wood with the Truism ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE. Limitation unknown. VG+.

MONEY CREATES TASTE. 2021.

paul robertson — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:22:20 +0000

NYC: n.p., n.d. (2021) 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp digitally printed artist postcard on thin wood with the Truism MONEY CREATES TASTE.. Limitation unknown. VG+.

PRIVATE PROPERTY CREATED CRIME. 2021.

paul robertson — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:20:23 +0000

NYC: n.p., n.d. (2021) 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp digitally printed artist postcard on thin wood with the Truism PRIVATE PROPERTY CREATED CRIME. Limitation unknown. VG+.