Simon Cutts - Unoriginal Sins

THE WORLD EXISTS TO BE PUT ON A POSTCARD. 2015.

paul robertson — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:07:16 +0000

Glasgow: Wax366, 2015

10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist postcard designed by Coracle's Cutts but published by David Bellingham - printed letterpress with a reworking of a quotation by Stephane Mallarme - the original reading: "...que tout, au monde, existe pour aboutir a un livre". VG+

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THE WORLD HAS BEEN EMPTY SINCE THE POSTCARD. 2015.

paul robertson — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:04:03 +0000

Glasgow: Wax366, 2015

10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist postcard designed by Coracle's Cutts but published by David Bellingham - printed letterpress with a reworking of Saint Just's text from the arrest of Danton, the original reading: "The World has been empty since the Romans and only their Memory fills it and still prophesies Liberty." VG+

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CERTAIN TREES. 2006

paul robertson — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:59:40 +0000

London: V&A Museum, 2006

9. 2 x 9.2cm, 2pp ornate die cut announcement on thick card for an exhibition displaying works from a wide range of concrete and visual poets including David Bellingham, Thomas and Laurie Clark, Simon Cutts, Ian Hamilton Finlay., Robert Lax, Stuart Mills and others, The card is a recreation of the cover of the 1973 book of the same title designed by Simon Cutts - which is inspired by Malevich and has red, blue plus deliberate crease lines and tied cotton. One tiny mark bottom right else VG.

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AFTER JOHN CLARE. 2002.

paul robertson — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:05:24 +0000

Glasgow: Wax366, 2002

15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist postcard displaying a photograph of a neon work by Simon Cutts. The neon was theoretically meant to be powered by wind turbine. The text reads: "Found the pomes in the fields and only wrote them down." VG+.

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POETS POEMS NO. 3. 2000. SIMON CUTTS….

paul robertson — Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:37:33 +0000

Belper: Aggie Weston's Editions, 2000

21 x 15cms, 16pp, plus cards covers. An anthology of poetry chosen by Simon Cutts which includes Finlay's CASTLES, a traditional form poem. VG+.
JOINT:

30 x 21cm, 1pp signed typed letter from Stuart Mills to Paul Robertson offering copies of Star?steer and Sea Poppy 1 as the publisher/poet is in need of a new computer. Folded else VG+

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ANTHOLOGY. 1997. ONE OF ONLY 200 COPIES.

paul robertson — Mon, 21 Jul 1997 19:38:12 +0000

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ECHOES SERIES. THE CAMOUFLAGED MAGPIE. 1995.

paul robertson — Sat, 10 Jun 1995 09:46:37 +0000

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A HARBOUR OF BOAT BOOKS CARDS AND PRINTS BY IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1993.

paul robertson — Thu, 09 Dec 1993 10:11:19 +0000

London: workfortheeyetodo, 1993

16.5 x 12.5cm, 1pp. Announcement card for an exhibition of books and other published material at Simon Cutt's gallery. Typographic design. VG+.

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POIESIS. 1992.

paul robertson — Fri, 23 Oct 1992 20:11:43 +0000

Edinburgh: Fruitmarket Gallery, 1992

21 x 15cm, 8pp (single folded sheet). The programme and small poster for a group exhibition of works by a range of artists including Finlay. While not being specific to concrete and visual poetry the events (which included talks, films and workshops as well as the exhibition) - a large number of those exhibited worked in that field.

Poiesis as we all know is a definition of poetry as "anything supremely harmonious or satisfying" - which to be fair describes much of Finlay's work and motivation and is almost a definition of neo-classicism. Minor wear at folds else VG..

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I.H.F. 1992.

paul robertson — Wed, 29 Apr 1992 08:36:41 +0000

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LINES OF THIN PALE BLUE AND RED. 1990. WITH SIMON CUTTS.

paul robertson — Sat, 19 May 1990 09:49:19 +0000

Nevers: Centre d'art contemporain, 1990

15 x 10.5cm, Two bound in printed 6pp single sheets in outer 8pp wrappers. Ostensibly an exhibition catalogue but in fact a joint artist's book with Cutts. The two sections of the inner fold outs have on the left a text "a line of thin pale blue" and the sheet is bound in by a blue thread. This is claimed to be a "translation of a line by Mallame (a poet who can lay claim to have published the first ever concrete poem). On the right section there is a text: "a line of thin pale red" and the sheet is bound in by a blue thread. This is a "translation of a line by Chenier." André Marie Chénier was a poet who lost his life on the guillotine only three days before the overthrown of Robespierre.

The first is a line referring to the horizon, the second to the line of blood from the throats of the murdered - opponents of the Terror sometime wore thin red threads around their body to indicate their mourning for the dead.

A lovely artist's book - the theme (red thread) of which Finlay used in sculptures such as Aphrodite of the Terror from 1987.

Explanatory texts in English and French. . VG+.

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FOR SIMON CUTTS. 1989.

paul robertson — Sun, 01 Oct 1989 07:32:27 +0000

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