Richard Demarco - Unoriginal Sins

ON THE ROAD TO MEIKLE SEGGIE. 2013.

paul robertson — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 09:45:15 +0000

Edinburgh: Axolotl Gallery, n.d. (c. 2013)

10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Announcement card for "works by Beuys inspired by Scotland with watercolours by Richard Demarco' and a utterly spurious and hilarious claim that : a new genre of contemporary art defined by art historians and the Museum Kunst Palast in as "event photography"" (such works have been commonly collected since the 60s). On the front there is a photograph of Demarco and Beuys at a time before Beuys mostly stopped replying to Demarco's communications after 1981 when he donated the income from the work The Poor House Doors (which sold for 300,000DM) to the Demarco Gallery. VG+

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PORTRAIT OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY BY RICHARD DEMARCO. SEPTEMBER 2006.

paul robertson — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:30:20 +0000

Edinburgh: The State of Art, September 2006

34 x 28cm, 32pp, Single number of an art journal in the form of a tabloid newspaper with a double page article on Finlay by his collaborator Richard Demarco written six months after the former's death. As usual Demarco manages to make the article mostly about his own role in the poet's success. Folded for storage else VG.

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“A CALM IN A TEA-CUP”. AFTER KATE GREENAWAY. 1973.

paul robertson — Mon, 12 Aug 1974 15:05:08 +0000

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1973.

16.5 x 13.5cm, 4pp. Artist card which shows a painting by Richard Demarco after a well known and loved slightly kitsch painting by Kate Greenaway of the same title that shows two young women cavorting in a tea cup. Finlay has had Demarco replace the women with a sailing boat (a calm). The Greenaway is a joke based on the saying "storm in a tea cup". This is a hugely popular card by Finlay which appeals to many who have no idea of any other work by the poet. VG+.
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SEVEN FRENCH ARTISTS /EDINBURGH ARTS 73. 1973.

paul robertson — Sat, 04 Aug 1973 09:17:25 +0000

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BOLTANSKI IN HIS STUDIO. 1973. SIGNED BY BOLTANSKI.

paul robertson — Sun, 22 Jul 1973 21:27:57 +0000

Edinburgh: Demarco, 1973

2-.5 x 25.5cm, offset reproduction of original photograph (now lost) with reproduced hand-annotations by Richard Demarco who took the photograph during a visit to Boltanski's studio in Paris. Mounted on board (for exhibition) this was later signed in blue ink by Christian Boltanski. VG+

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COELFRITH ARTISTS OF THE NORTH EAST. 1972. ONE OF 300 CONTAINS IAN HAMILTON FINLAY CEOLFRITH STREET HANDOUT NUMBER 4!

paul robertson — Thu, 24 Feb 1972 16:07:00 +0000

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NEON POEMS AND NET-FLOATS. 1971.

paul robertson — Fri, 03 Dec 1971 16:49:40 +0000

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PROMOTIONAL LEAFLET FOR THE WILD HAWTHORN PRESS. A ROCK ROSE. 1971.

paul robertson — Sat, 17 Jul 1971 19:59:52 +0000

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1971

12 x 17.8cm, 6pp (printed one side only), a promotional leaflet promoting the prints and books from Finlay's press. The front fo the leaflet reproduces the silkscreen print A Rock Rose displaying a grounded boat on rocks - creating a colourful equivalent to the sea shore flower. VG+.

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GLOSSARY. 1971.

paul robertson — Mon, 22 Feb 1971 09:15:15 +0000

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A USE FOR OLD BEEHIVES. 1970

paul robertson — Fri, 11 Dec 1970 14:22:01 +0000

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1970

11.2 x 11.2cm, 4pp. Green on white card. The image on the front is a drawing by Richard Demarco of a beehive that has fallen over in snow. Inside the text "A USE FOR OLD BEEHIVES./An old beehive upturned on the lawn, makes a suitable receptacle for snowdrifts." The drawing has falling snow that could be seen as bees in a different not winter context. Published late in the year one is tempted to assume this drawing was from an event at the Finlay farm and this is a festive card in some sense.

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THE LITTLE SEAMSTRESS. 1970.

paul robertson — Sun, 26 Jul 1970 20:46:40 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1970

46 × 58.9cm, blue and brown silkscreen on white paper with a drawing by Richard Demarco of a homeward bound boat . The title of the work refers to the way a boat's engine (which was oen the method used to propel the boat at the end of the fishing trip to port) caused a rhythmic splash of white foam. The even spacing of the "put put" meant that the white specks against the blue water looked like a continuous stitch of white cotton. VG.

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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1969. FINLAY’S THIRD EVER SOLO EXHIBITION.

paul robertson — Thu, 27 Nov 1969 19:09:21 +0000

Edinburgh: Richard Demarco Gallery, 1969

22.7 x 20cm, 2pp announcement card for Finlay's third only solo show. Four photographs of Stoneypath (as it was then called) in b/w on the front and a further two works in b/w on the back. There are 44 works listed as being exhibited. A very rare item. VG+.

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