Philip Pilkington - Unoriginal Sins

JAHRESBERICHT 1973. 1973.

paul robertson — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:35:43 +0000

Koln: Paul Maenz, 1973

30 x 21cm, 1pp small poster for an annual group show "Annual Report" at the Koln conceptual art gallery - a montage of images from Askvold, Atkinson, Baldwin, Barry, Burgin, Burn, Feldmann, Haacke, Kawara, Kosuth, Manzoni, Pnenone, Pilkington, Poirier, Ramsden, Roehr, Rushton, Salvo, Wery and Art & Language. Folded for mailing else VG+.

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ART & LANGUAGE. 1974.

paul robertson — Wed, 16 Jan 1974 08:50:22 +0000

Luzern: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1974

30 x 21cm, unpaginated (40pp) plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue with a long text - "Proceedings I - VI" - in both English and a German translation. The Proceedings were based on original conversations between Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Charles Harrison, Graham Howard, Harold Hurrell, Philip Pilkington, and David Rushton. Slight marks to mostly white wrappers else VG+. Scarce.

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ART LANGUAGE TERRY ATKINSON MICHAEL BALDWIN PHILIP PILKINGTON DAVID RUSHTON IAN BURNS MEL RAMSDEN. 1973.

paul robertson — Sat, 03 Nov 1973 12:55:39 +0000

London: Lisson Gallery, 1973
10.5 x 15cm, 1pp postcard (typographic with the artist’s names on recto) for this the last of the group’s collective exhibitions before the split of late 1973 when the internal contradictions of the the active members meant that only Ramsden and Baldwin would be active members under the title of A+L. Scarce. Fine condition.

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ART LANGUAGE: TERRY ATKINSON, MICHAEL BALDWIN, IAN BURN, CHARLES HARRISON, GRAHAM HOWARD, HAROLD HURRELL, Lynn LEMASTER, DAVID RUSHTON, MEL RAMSDEN, PHILIP PILKINGTON. PROCEEDINGS 1972/3 ON PERMANENT MICROFILM INSTALLATION. 1973.

paul robertson — Sat, 03 Nov 1973 12:43:36 +0000

Art + Language.
ART LANGUAGE: TERRY ATKINSON, MICHAEL BALDWIN, IAN BURN, CHARLES HARRISON, GRAHAM HOWARD, HAROLD HURRELL, Lynn LEMASTER, DAVID RUSHTON, MEL RAMSDEN, PHILIP PILKINGTON. PROCEEDINGS 1972/3 ON PERNAMENT MICROFILM INSTALLATION
London: Lisson Gallery, n.d. (1973)
10.5 x 15 cm, 1pp. Typographic announcement postcard printed red on white. One of the last Art & Language initiatives as a group was the creation of an index of all of their works on microfilm. This work has since been "lost" according to the gallery. Some heavy marking to the card and one paper scuff slightly affecting text but a very scarce A+L card relating to a forgotten work. (We would be grateful for any information on this work - do contact us should you know more about it).

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TOPOLOGICAL NOTEBOOK PART ONE. 1972. ONE OF ONLY FOUR (4) COPIES MADE

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Nov 1972 21:26:25 +0000

Coventry: Art & Language, 1972
30 x 21cm, 28pp carbon copy pages and printed cover. This was one of ONLY four copies made and published by the group - two copies being signed by David Rushton and Peter Pilkington and created from original typed sheets and two copies remaining unsigned and created (as here) using the carbon copies from the originals. These latter two examples were regarded by the group as artist's proofs of the book. This is the only copy of this book available for sale anywhere as from the original four prices: one is in Paul Maenz's archive and another two copies are in the hands of private collectors (who purchased them from ourselves). This copy is signed by David Rushton and Philip Pilkington and has been stamped on the inside front cover with the official Art & Language Stamp and also designated in blue ink "Second Copy". Fine estate and clearly rare.

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NOTES ON MAPPING AND INDEXING. 1971. SIGNED, STAMPED BY ART + LANGUAGE, DATED AND DENOTED “SECOND COPY” – ONE OF ONLY THREE COPIES MADE

paul robertson — Tue, 02 Nov 1971 11:19:55 +0000

Coventry: Art & Language, 1971
30 x 21cm, 30pp (recto only). Original covers and white slide binding. Xerox inner pages as issued. First and only edition of this artist's book written mostly by Pilkington and Rushton again for a Paul Maenz exhibition in Germany which also travelled to London later. The work is a discussion on the role of indexing as an art practice and also discusses the logical differences between indexing and mapping. This book was one of ONLY three copies made and is signed in black pen and dated "1971" over the official "Art + Language" stamp (which notes within its impression as members of the group: Atkinson, Bainbridge, Baldwin, Burn, Harrison, Hurrell, Kosuth, Pilkington, Ramsden and Rushton). Additionally there is a blue pen note denoting this book as "second copy". The inside title page has a tipped on small title label (xerox) which has some staining from the glue and there are some minor browning to the 40 year old glossy card wrappers in places but else VG+/ Clearly a major rarity and a virtually unknown official Art & Language publication.

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BIBLIOTHERAPY. ONE OF ONLY FOUR COPIES MADE. 1971. BIBLIOGRAPHY AS ARTIST’S BOOK.

paul robertson — Wed, 28 Apr 1971 17:30:35 +0000

Coventry: s.p. (Analytical Art), n.d. (c. 1971)

30 x 21cm, 16pp (recto only). Original xerox bound by vintage blue plastic slide. An interesting early artist's book by two of the founders of Analytical Art where a self-composed bibliography of articles and books on philosophy and art have been placed together as a "therapeutic” device. This was one of only four such “books” made by the duo (the top right of the front sheet has “4 copies” written on it). Some mild discolouration of the xerox pages after nearly 40 years and some edge wear but else VG. Clearly rare, possibly the only copy still extant.

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ART-LANGUAGE. 1970 – 1978. A CONTINUOUS RUN OF 9 NUMBERS

paul robertson — Fri, 04 Dec 1970 08:56:34 +0000

Art + Language
ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 1 Nr 1
Chipping Norton: Art & Language, February 1970
21.5 x 13.5cm, 32pp. Original card covers. First edition of this inaugural number of the important conceptual art journal with articles by Sol LeWitt, Dan Graham, Lawrence Weiner, David Bainbridge and Michael Baldwin. LeWitt's Sentences on conceptual art. Graham's Poem-Schema and Weiner's Statements had all been previously published elsewhere but being in a single journal allowed their views to be compared - LeWitt's 10th sentence is "Ideas alone can be works of art: they are in a chian of development that may eventually find other form. All ideas may not be made physical." - compare that with Weiner's more famous and more readily quoted dictum regarding the requirement that "1. an artist may construct a work 2. a work may be fabricated 3. a work need not be built. A reasonable assumption is that each being equal and consistant with the intent of an artist the decision as to condition rests within the needs of the receiver upon the occasion of receivership." A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art + Language
ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 1 Nr 2
Chipping Norton: Art & Language, February 1970
21.5 x 13.5cm, 88pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Joseph Kosuth, David Bainbridge, Frederic Barthelme, Stephen McKenna, Michael Baldwin, Ian Burn, Terry Atkinson, Harold Hurrell, Michael Thompson and Mel Ramsden. A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art + Language
ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 1 Nr 3
Chipping Norton: Art & Language, June 1970
21.5 x 13.5cm, 36pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Ramsden, Bihari, Graham Howard, Ian Burn and Roger Cutford. A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art & Language
ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 1 Nr 4
Chipping Norton: Art & Language, November 1971
21.5 x 13.5cm, 72pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Terry Atkinson, Stuart Knight, Michael Baldwin and Graham Howard. A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art & Language
ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 2 Nr 1
Chipping Norton: Art & Language, February 1972
21.5 x 13.5cm, 58pp. Original card covers. A single number from the
conceptual art journal with articles by Michael Baldwin, Ian Burn, Terry
Atkinson, David Rushton, Kevin Lole, Philip Pilkington and Graham Howard. A
VG + to near fine copy.

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Art & Language
ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 2 Nr 2
Chipping Norton: Art & Language, November 1971
21.5 x 13.5cm, 36pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Ian Burn, Mel Ramadan, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, David Bainbridge and Victor Burgin. A VG + to near fine copy.

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Art & Language

ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 2 Nr 3 (Mis-numbered by editors as Vol 2 Nr 2)

Lemington Spa: Art & Language, September 1973

21.5 x 13.5cm, 78pp. Original card covers. A single number from the conceptual art journal with articles by Michael Baldwin, Ian Burn, David Rushton, Philip Pilkington, Michael Corris, Mel Ramsden, David Bainbridge, John F. Hemmings and Graham Howard. A VG + to near fine copy. The designers mis-numbered this particular issue and the cover has the correct number tipped on as issued.

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Art & Language
HANDBOOK(S) TO GOING ON. ART-LANGUAGE Vol. 2 Nr 4
Chipping Norton: Art & Language, June 1974
30 x 21cm, 130pp. Original card covers. First edition of this single number from the conceptual art journal with for the first time anonymous articles. A VG + to near fine copy. Very scarce.

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(Burn, Ian, Mel Ramsden and Terry Smith)
Art + Language
DRAFT FOR AN ANTI-TEXTBOOK ART-LANGUAGE Volume 3 Number 1
Leamington Spa: Art-Language Press, September 1974:
30 x 21cm, 110pp plus card wrappers. Single number of this conceptual art journal with contributions solely by Burn, Ramsden and Smith. Very minot marks to white wrappers else VG+.

PRICE IS FOR ALL - WE MAY CONSIDER BREAKING UP THIS COLLECTION - PLEASE ENQUIRE

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STATEMENTS NUMBER 2. NOVEMBER 1970.

paul robertson — Tue, 03 Nov 1970 09:11:20 +0000

Coventry: Analytical Art, November 1970
21 x 15cm, 44pp. Card covers. Second of only two editions of this artist book (both differed) of Coventry student work from the course originally established by Art & Language at Coventry in 1969. Edited by David Rushton and Philip Pilkington. The first edition of Statements was published in January 1970. Comprising short texts describing and discussing different art projects carried out by Analytical Art before joining A&L. The works include sections of two works since lost or destroyed - Noisy Channel Chair 1 (1969) where a found chair was photographed and then coated in photographic emulsion and the original photograph projected back onto the chair and developed - thus creating a merger of signifier and signified - and Noisy Channel Canvasses (also now destroyed) where a similar process was undertaken using unpainted canvasses. There are 8 b/w images of these works. Only "a couple of hundred" of these books were printed, very few were sold and they are quite rare. This copy is in VG condition.

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CONCERNING THE PARADIGM OF ART. AN ANALYTICAL ART MONOGRAPH. 1970. ONE OF ONLY 5 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES .

paul robertson — Tue, 03 Nov 1970 08:56:19 +0000

Zurich: Edition Bischofberger/Analytic Art Monograph, 1970 -72
30 x 21cm, 16pp (recto only). White card covers - with offset title. A text published by Bischofberger from a theoretical document written by Kevin Lole, Philip Pilkington, David Rushton and Peter Smith (formerly Analytical Art and by this time fully regarded as members of Art & Language) which applied Thomas Kuhn's theory of paradigm shift to art (the original theory by Kuhn being a view that revolutions in scientific thought only occurred when sufficient contrary evidence to the prevailing orthodoxy had mounted up and the original hypothesis could no longer explain the physical evidence emerging from empirical studies). It is worth noting that at this time Bischofberger bought a great deal of Art + Language material from the group and published other documents by them including some of the group's rarest publications - storing many of the more three-dimensional works for later resale. Bischofberger did not print the books himself - rather Art and Language arranged design and publication in Coventry (for free using the University's resources) and David Rushton drove the books over in a camper van to Switzerland (breaking down just on the edge of the city due to running out of petrol and having little money left, Rushton coasted the last mile down hill on an empty tank).

The limitations of these series of books are usually placed at c. 200 but Rushton remembers taking far fewer than that with him and this Analytical Art book was in fact only produced in 50 copies taken to Zurich plus a few retained by the artists in the UK.

That said this is one of ONLY 5 copies which were numbered in roman numerals (this one being III/V) and signed by ALL of the four writers in pencil on the first title page.

Some aspects of the text from this book were reprinted and utilised in the famous Index Works created in late 1972 for Documenta 5 and the Haywood Exhibition. Fine.

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STATEMENTS NUMBER 1 JANUARY 1970. ONE OF ONLY C. 100 COPIES,

paul robertson — Mon, 02 Nov 1970 20:38:43 +0000

Analytical Art
(2 = ALL)
Coventry: Analytical Art, November 1970
21 x 15cm, 44pp. Card covers. The first of only two editions of this artist book (both differed) of Coventry student work from the course originally established by Art & Language at Coventry in 1969. Edited by David Rushton and Philip Pilkington. Comprising short texts describing and discussing different art projects carried out by Analytical Art before joining A&L. The short foreword notes the intent of the group to publish this journal twice a year although only two issues came out. The works described include Rushton's 'Event', Milson and Pilkingston's 'Notion of a thing persisting...' Pilkington and Lole's 'Is the statement that "Noland is thirty feet by six feet" an statement about an art object?', Willsmore's 'Identity Mistakes' and Susan Beeby's 'Can I reproduce my feelings in respect of Jim DInes (sic) toaster in John Mitchell' and finally Dave Rushton's "Exhibited painting". Only "about a hundred" of these books were printed, very few were sold and they are quite rare. This copy is in VG condition although there is one brown mark below the front cover title.

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ART & LANGUAGE PH. PILKINGTON D. RUSHTON. 1970.

paul robertson — Sun, 18 Jan 1970 19:39:22 +0000

Koln: Paul Maenz Gallery, N.D. (1970)
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp b/w typographic announcement card for an A+L exhibition where the two artists Pilkington and Rushton were showcased. The two had recently joined Art & Language as students after their Analytical Art group merged into the larger conceptual art grouping. VG+. Scarce.

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