KUNSTKOMPASS. 1977.

N.p.: s.p., 1977
21 x 30cm, folded sheet which opens out to 42 x 60cm. As usual with Cavellini the subject matter is his own standing in the art world and the publication consists of an open letter to Dr Will Bongard, editor of Art Aktuel from Cavellini explaining how in 1976 10,000 copies of the latter’s catalogue ‘Twenty six works from the Cavalini Collection’ were mailed to museums and individuals all over the world with the explicit instruction that the receipt of the catalogue would be regarded as having realised an exhibition of Cavellini in their institution or in the case of individuals their living room. Hence – went the logic of the artist – having had no received no refusals by any recipient of his ‘ exhibition’ then it was clear that Cavelini was the most popular exhibiting artist in the world and that the publication of the Kunstkompass in Art Aktuel – a listing placing artists in order of their number of exhibitions in 1976 – was wrong Obviously Cavelini should have been at the head of the list. Helpfully Cavellini reproduces the list with this horrendous mistake helpfully corrected so to allow future art historians to put the record straight. Folded as issued and quite overwhelming in its audacity and humour.