SImon Patterson - Unoriginal Sins

ANTHOLOGY. 1997. ONE OF 200 EXAMPLES WITH ORIGINAL EMBROIDERED RIBBONS DESIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

paul robertson — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 12:13:20 +0000

Richard Tuttle, Harry Gilonis, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jackson Mac Low, Ian Stephen, Graham Rich, Lesley Kerman, Simon Cutts, Medbh Mcguckian, Hans Waanders, Thomas A. Clark, Pavel Büchler, Michael Longley, David Bellingham, Zoë Irvine, Alec Finlay, Simon Patterson, Cecilia Vicuna, Kevin MacNeil, John Burnside, Lawrence Weiner

Edinburgh: Morning Star Publications, 1997

14.3 x 10.3cm, 24pp plus original blue boards in carboard slipcase with tipped on label. An anthology artist's book in which invited artists created a phrase to be embroidered on clothing labels. Each of those respective labels are included in separate envelope to be glued if wished to the appropriate page. The artists included: Richard Tuttle, Harry Gilonis, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jackson Mac Low, Ian Stephen, Graham Rich, Lesley Kerman, Simon Cutts, Medbh Mcguckian, Hans Waanders, Thomas A. Clark, Pavel Büchler, Michael Longley, David Bellingham, Zoë Irvine, Alec Finlay, Simon Patterson, Cecilia Vicuna, Kevin MacNeil, John Burnside and Lawrence Weiner. Now very scarce after the original issue of 200 copies. VG++.

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BLACK LIST. 2006.

paul robertson — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 20:44:53 +0000

Zurich: Haunch of Venison, 2006

21 x 30cm, 40pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue which reproduces all of Patterson's end credit paintings which initially seem like simple reproductions of movie credits but one realises that many fo the names allocated by the artist to jobs are names from the dark days of blacklisting thanks to Cold War hysteria and the investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Slight rippling to the card covers else VG.

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LA MAISON FORESTIERE WILFRED OWEN. 2011.

paul robertson — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 13:59:44 +0000

Lille: Artconnexion, 2011

26 x 22.5cm, 64pp Original typographic wrappers. artist's book documenting "La Maison Forestière at Ors (Northern France) is where the soldier poet Wilfred Owen spent his last night. Lieutenant Wilfred Owen, who was killed attempting to cross the Sambre-Oise canal on 4 November 1918 in one of the last actions of the First World War, now lies in the British Commonwealth section of the cemetery of the commune of Ors."

Patterson was commissioned to commemorate Owen in the village by renewing the somewhat dilapidated building with the help of a French architect Jean-Christophe Denise.

Illustrated in b/w throughout and texts in English and French. VG+.

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HIGH NOON. 2005.

paul robertson — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 13:40:21 +0000

Edinburgh: Fruitmarket Gallery, 2005

23 x 16cm, 112pp plus boards. Exhibition catalogue and monograph for a solo show from the YBA artist. VG+.

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COLOUR MATCH SCREENSAVER (RED VARIANT). 2001.

paul robertson — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 15:49:54 +0000

London: Tate Enterprises, 2001
20cm approx foam plastic soccer ball in traditional net content of a standard computer cd and a small 24pp booklet. The cd has a PC and Mac compatible screensaver which re-voices fictitious Scottish football scores as Pantone colour chart numbers which are reflected by colours displayed on the computer screen. Patterson has been a wow on the YBA scene for a while thanks to his "top ten" and"top one hundred" paintings that wittily categorise artists and artistic movements in coloured popularity charts. Unnumbered "limited edition" although no information is available as to edition size. Blue and red variants of ball were available according to your team colour - this is the red version. The plastic of the ball is showing some minor degradation after 20 years - something the artist did not really consider (nor the lack of floppy disk drives to load the screensaver) - this was not future proofed but still an interesting object multiple.

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COLOUR MATCH SCREENSAVER (BLUE VARIANT). 2001.

paul robertson — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 15:48:52 +0000

London: Tate Enterprises, 2001
20cm approx foam plastic soccer ball in traditional net content of a standard computer cd and a small 24pp booklet. The cd has a PC and Mac compatible screensaver which re-voices fictitious Scottish football scores as Pantone colour chart numbers which are reflected by colours displayed on the computer screen. Patterson has been a wow on the YBA scene for a while thanks to his "top ten" and"top one hundred" paintings that wittily categorise artists and artistic movements in coloured popularity charts. Unnumbered "limited edition" although no information is available as to edition size. Blue and red variants of ball were available according to your team colour - this is the blue version. The plastic of the ball is showing some minor degradation after 20 years - something the artist did not really consider (nor the lack of floppy disk drives to load the screensaver) - this was not future proofed but still an interesting object multiple.

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HARRY HOUDINI. UNIQUE HAND DRAWN T-SHIRT. 2002.

paul robertson — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:18:48 +0000

Glasgow: GSA, 2002

White cotton t-shirt with hand drawn text. An unique work created by Patterson for a Glasgow School of Art charity auction - the text reads "Harry Houdini" . Created at the time when the YBA had just created a major installation Escape Routine (2002) where flight attendants alternately demonstrate in-flight safety procedures and feats of escapology, whilst a smooth voiceover reads extracts from Harry Houdini’s writings on magic and stagecraft. Slightly creased but unworn. Signed and dated.

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ART MONTHLY PORTFOLIO. 2006. COMPLETE PORTFOLIO ISSUED IN ONLY 250 COPIES

paul robertson — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:54:38 +0000

London: Art Monthly, 2006
34.5 x 25cm. Twelve separate sheets, each with a conceptual artwork by each artist printed in b/w or colours. Various offset lithograph posters gifted by the artists as a poster edition for the Art Monthly magazine on the occasion of the publications 30th Anniversary. The artists were Carl Andre, John Baldessari, Fiona Banner, Angela Bullock, Michael Craig-Martin, Liam Gillick, Hans Haacke, Isaac Julien, Michael Landy, John Murphy, Simon Patterson and Lawrence Weiner.
JOINT :
Publisher’s letter explaining the edition. All VG+ in original slightly worn transparent plastic bag. Very scarce.

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