Willoughby Sharp - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:10:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png Willoughby Sharp - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 HOLLYWOOD EDITION ART’S BIRTHDAY. 1974. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/hollywood-edition-arts-birthday-1974/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hollywood-edition-arts-birthday-1974 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:57:47 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=58216 42 x 29cm, 8pp. Tabloid newspaper issued by General Idea on 2 February 1974 - announced as the 1,000,011 anniversary of the birth of art (after Robert Filliou's announcement of  the date). As with many of General Idea's actions the publication is mostly a report on a party that took plave in Elks Building in Los Angeles. B/w white photographs of many of the attendees including Granada Gazelle, Noah Dakota, Count Fanzini, Judy D'Or, Bambi Fawn, Mr Peanut, as well as a photograph of Filliou with a huge cake during an event in Aachen. In a section entitled "How would you fare casting Hollywood Stars" images of Jorge Zontal, Chris Burden, Feliz Partz, Willoughby Sharp and others can be found. This is in VG+ condition despite the 50 years since the event although it is folded for distribution. Very scarce publication.

The post HOLLYWOOD EDITION ART’S BIRTHDAY. 1974. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> 42 x 29cm, 8pp. Tabloid newspaper issued by General Idea on 2 February 1974 - announced as the 1,000,011 anniversary of the birth of art (after Robert Filliou's announcement of  the date). As with many of General Idea's actions the publication is mostly a report on a party that took plave in Elks Building in Los Angeles. B/w white photographs of many of the attendees including Granada Gazelle, Noah Dakota, Count Fanzini, Judy D'Or, Bambi Fawn, Mr Peanut, as well as a photograph of Filliou with a huge cake during an event in Aachen. In a section entitled "How would you fare casting Hollywood Stars" images of Jorge Zontal, Chris Burden, Feliz Partz, Willoughby Sharp and others can be found. This is in VG+ condition despite the 50 years since the event although it is folded for distribution. Very scarce publication.

The post HOLLYWOOD EDITION ART’S BIRTHDAY. 1974. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> GUNTER UECKER. 1966. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/gunter-uecker-1966/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gunter-uecker-1966 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:01:47 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=33355 Dusseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1966

21 x 15cm, 6pp card with 2 large b/w reproductions of early Uecker sculptures - one a large nail lit internally by a florescent tube. A poem by Willoughby Sharp is reproduced in both English and German.

Uecker's work with the Gruppe Zero brought him to a rejection of art informel and a move towards a dynamic abstraction often involving light and objects built out of nails. A scarce emphemeral item from the influential German Gallery. VG+.

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21 x 15cm, 6pp card with 2 large b/w reproductions of early Uecker sculptures - one a large nail lit internally by a florescent tube. A poem by Willoughby Sharp is reproduced in both English and German.

Uecker's work with the Gruppe Zero brought him to a rejection of art informel and a move towards a dynamic abstraction often involving light and objects built out of nails. A scarce emphemeral item from the influential German Gallery. VG+.

The post GUNTER UECKER. 1966. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> ELKS BUILDING HOLLYWOOD. 1974. ONE OF 300 NUMBERED & STAMPED SALKSCREEN PRINTS. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/elks-building-hollywood-1974-one-of-300-numbered-stamped-salkscreen-prints/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elks-building-hollywood-1974-one-of-300-numbered-stamped-salkscreen-prints Sat, 29 Feb 2020 13:02:15 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=13233 Vancouver: Image Bank, 1974
35.5 x 35.5cm, four colour silkscreen on board. The image was created by Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov to commemorate the Decca Dance that took place in the same year. It is a landscape view of Elks Building Hollywood where the Dance took place.

The Decca Dance was held to celebration of the (fictional) 1,000,011th anniversary of Art (as decided upon by Robert Filliou) and was organised by Image Bank as well as by Lowell Darling, Willoughby Sharp, Ant Farm, General Idea and the Western Front. There was an ornate stage show,: "a parody of the Academy Awards, featured a male chorus resplendent in tuxedos and Shark Fin Bathing Caps moving in stately symmetry to the inimitable crooning of androgyne Pascal. It could be said to mark the peak of the mail art movement and for many signalled the end of it."

This is one of 300 hand numbered in pencil copies and is stamped Image Bank on the back - the work is titled in pencil also. VG+ condition and rather beautiful.

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35.5 x 35.5cm, four colour silkscreen on board. The image was created by Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov to commemorate the Decca Dance that took place in the same year. It is a landscape view of Elks Building Hollywood where the Dance took place.

The Decca Dance was held to celebration of the (fictional) 1,000,011th anniversary of Art (as decided upon by Robert Filliou) and was organised by Image Bank as well as by Lowell Darling, Willoughby Sharp, Ant Farm, General Idea and the Western Front. There was an ornate stage show,: "a parody of the Academy Awards, featured a male chorus resplendent in tuxedos and Shark Fin Bathing Caps moving in stately symmetry to the inimitable crooning of androgyne Pascal. It could be said to mark the peak of the mail art movement and for many signalled the end of it."

This is one of 300 hand numbered in pencil copies and is stamped Image Bank on the back - the work is titled in pencil also. VG+ condition and rather beautiful.

The post ELKS BUILDING HOLLYWOOD. 1974. ONE OF 300 NUMBERED & STAMPED SALKSCREEN PRINTS. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> AVALANCHE. MAY/JUNE 1974. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/avalanche-may-june-1974/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=avalanche-may-june-1974 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:15:42 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=13039 NYC: Avalanche Magazine, 1974
42 x 29cm, 32pp (self cover) Tabloid later number of the conceptual art museum founded by Willoughby Sharp. This number is dedicated to Video and Performance art with articles / contributions by Vito Acconci, Robert Bell, Joseph Beuys, Ulrike Rosenbach, Dennis Oppenheim, Keith Sonnier, Richard Serra, Chris Burden, Willoughby Sharp and William Wegman. The paper is as always a little browned and some wear and tear to the edges and spine (which has small tears but is intact) however this is better condition than usually found. The later numbers of Avalanche are much harder to find than the earlier ones.

The post AVALANCHE. MAY/JUNE 1974. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> NYC: Avalanche Magazine, 1974
42 x 29cm, 32pp (self cover) Tabloid later number of the conceptual art museum founded by Willoughby Sharp. This number is dedicated to Video and Performance art with articles / contributions by Vito Acconci, Robert Bell, Joseph Beuys, Ulrike Rosenbach, Dennis Oppenheim, Keith Sonnier, Richard Serra, Chris Burden, Willoughby Sharp and William Wegman. The paper is as always a little browned and some wear and tear to the edges and spine (which has small tears but is intact) however this is better condition than usually found. The later numbers of Avalanche are much harder to find than the earlier ones.

The post AVALANCHE. MAY/JUNE 1974. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> SINCERELY YOURS GRANADA GAZELLE / MEMO FROM TURNER. 1972. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/sincerely-yours-granada-gazelle-memo-from-turner-1972/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sincerely-yours-granada-gazelle-memo-from-turner-1972 Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:25:33 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=6986 Toronto: Carmen Lamanna Gallery, 1972
19 x 12.7cm, 2pp. Announcement card with a b/w image of Granada Gazelle in front of a bakers dressed in retro clothing. The card also mentions the involvement of Ant Farm and Willoughby Sharp in the video. A very early show. Fine.

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19 x 12.7cm, 2pp. Announcement card with a b/w image of Granada Gazelle in front of a bakers dressed in retro clothing. The card also mentions the involvement of Ant Farm and Willoughby Sharp in the video. A very early show. Fine.

The post SINCERELY YOURS GRANADA GAZELLE / MEMO FROM TURNER. 1972. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> MEMORIAL FOR EMILY HARVEY. SEPTEMBER 2 1941 – NOVEMBER 8, 2004. 2005. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/memorial-for-emily-harvey-september-2-1941-november-8-2004-2005/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memorial-for-emily-harvey-september-2-1941-november-8-2004-2005 Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:15:36 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=37870 NYC:  Emily Harvey Foundation, 2005

21 x 15cm, 4pp. Memorial programme for a number of performances to commemorate the life of Harvey who died far too young. A long list of performers - with most of the best known Fluxus personages included - are noted along with an appreciation of Harvey's life by Davidson Gigliotti. The front of the brochure has a b/w image of the younger gallerist. The event took place at 537 Broadway: the site of Harvey's gallery. VG+.

The post MEMORIAL FOR EMILY HARVEY. SEPTEMBER 2 1941 – NOVEMBER 8, 2004. 2005. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> NYC:  Emily Harvey Foundation, 2005

21 x 15cm, 4pp. Memorial programme for a number of performances to commemorate the life of Harvey who died far too young. A long list of performers - with most of the best known Fluxus personages included - are noted along with an appreciation of Harvey's life by Davidson Gigliotti. The front of the brochure has a b/w image of the younger gallerist. The event took place at 537 Broadway: the site of Harvey's gallery. VG+.

The post MEMORIAL FOR EMILY HARVEY. SEPTEMBER 2 1941 – NOVEMBER 8, 2004. 2005. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> A NEAR COMPLETE COLLECTION OF 12 NUMBERS OF AVALANCHE MAGAZINE. 1970 – 1975. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/a-near-complete-collection-of-12-numbers-of-avalanche-magazine-1970-1974/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-near-complete-collection-of-12-numbers-of-avalanche-magazine-1970-1974 Wed, 23 Dec 1970 12:10:44 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=5694 AVALANCHE FALL 1970, FALL 1971, WINTER 1971, SPRING 1972, SUMMER 1972, FALL 1972, WINTER/SPRING 1973, SUMMER/FALL 1973, MAY/JUNE 1973, MAY/JUNE 1974, DECEMBER 1974, SUMMER 1975
New York: Avalanche & Kineticism Press, 1970 - 1974
Twelve separate numbers (13 = ALL). Dimensions - 1970 - 1973, approx. uniform: 23.5 x 23.5cm, pagination varies. original pictorial wrappers. May/June 1973 - 1974, approx. 44 x 29cm, (tabloid format on newspaper), pagination varies.
A scarce near complete run of this performance and conceptual art journal which was published by Willoughby Sharp intermittently and edited by Lisa Bear. Articles or original contributions from almost all of the best known of avant garden artists including Acconci, Anderson, Aycock, Beuys, Brouwn, Burden, Buren, Darboven, Dibbets, Fischer, Forti, Fox, General Idea, Gilbert and George, Haacke, Kawara, La Va, Lewitt, Long, Matta-Clark, Morris, Nauman, Rinke, Ruckreim, Rosenbach, Ruscha, Smith, Smithson, Sonnier, Serra, Tremmlet, Walther, Wegman, Weiner and many more.
As ever there are condition problems here especially with the tabloid numbers which are creased and torn in places due to the cheap paper used as well as significant browning but these are hard to find items. The earlier book-style numbers are in better condition but with some soft creases to covers and Spring 1972 has some staining on the top right of the cover which has intruded into the first few pages. That said runs of this number are rarely encountered and there are very few copies of this journal to be found online even singly.
Price is for all 12 numbers as a collection
The post A NEAR COMPLETE COLLECTION OF 12 NUMBERS OF AVALANCHE MAGAZINE. 1970 – 1975. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> AVALANCHE FALL 1970, FALL 1971, WINTER 1971, SPRING 1972, SUMMER 1972, FALL 1972, WINTER/SPRING 1973, SUMMER/FALL 1973, MAY/JUNE 1973, MAY/JUNE 1974, DECEMBER 1974, SUMMER 1975
New York: Avalanche & Kineticism Press, 1970 - 1974
Twelve separate numbers (13 = ALL). Dimensions - 1970 - 1973, approx. uniform: 23.5 x 23.5cm, pagination varies. original pictorial wrappers. May/June 1973 - 1974, approx. 44 x 29cm, (tabloid format on newspaper), pagination varies.
A scarce near complete run of this performance and conceptual art journal which was published by Willoughby Sharp intermittently and edited by Lisa Bear. Articles or original contributions from almost all of the best known of avant garden artists including Acconci, Anderson, Aycock, Beuys, Brouwn, Burden, Buren, Darboven, Dibbets, Fischer, Forti, Fox, General Idea, Gilbert and George, Haacke, Kawara, La Va, Lewitt, Long, Matta-Clark, Morris, Nauman, Rinke, Ruckreim, Rosenbach, Ruscha, Smith, Smithson, Sonnier, Serra, Tremmlet, Walther, Wegman, Weiner and many more.
As ever there are condition problems here especially with the tabloid numbers which are creased and torn in places due to the cheap paper used as well as significant browning but these are hard to find items. The earlier book-style numbers are in better condition but with some soft creases to covers and Spring 1972 has some staining on the top right of the cover which has intruded into the first few pages. That said runs of this number are rarely encountered and there are very few copies of this journal to be found online even singly.
Price is for all 12 numbers as a collection
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