4 Cartes Postales
Mirtha Dermisache
Published by Guy Schraenen Éditeur, Antwerp, 1978, four cards in folder (b/w ill.), 15.8 × 11 cm, English
Price: €200

Four postcards in a folder published by Guy Schraenen éditeur, 1978. Argentinian artist Mirtha Dermisache wrote dozens of books, hundreds of letters and postcards, and countless texts. Not a single one was legible, yet, in their promixity to language, they all resonate with a mysterious potential for meaning. Using ink on paper, Dermisache invented an array of graphic languages, each with its own unique lexical and syntactic structure, laden with poetic and sometimes visceral suggestion.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1978 #concretepoetry #ephemera #guyschraenen #mirthadermisache
Burning Window
Jack Goldstein
Published by Corps de Garde, Groningen, 1978, postcard, 14.7 × 10.3 cm, Dutch
Price: €19 (Out of stock)

Exhibition postcard from Jack Goldstein’s exhibition Burning Window at Corps de Garde, Groningen, Netherlands 12 August–9 September, 1978

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schilderijen, gouaches
A.R. Penck / Y.
Published by Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam, 1978, card (b/w ill.), 10.5 × 14.8 cm, Dutch
Price: €9

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition A.R. Penck / Y.: schilderijen, gouaches, 25 November–23 December, 1978

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1978 #arpenck #ephemera
Enrico Baj
Published by Vanessa s.r.l. Edizioni d'Arte, Milan, 1978, 24 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 24 × 33 cm, English
Price: €18 (Out of stock)

Enrico Baj (October 31, 1924–June 15, 2003) was an Italian artist and writer. He created prints, sculptures but especially collage, was close to the surrealist and dada movements, and was later associated with CoBrA. As an author he has been described as a leading promoter of the avant-garde.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership

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Manhattan Suicide Addict
Yayoi Kusama
Published by Kousakusha, Tokyo, 1978, 296 pages (b/w ill.), 18.3 × 22 cm, Japanese
Price: €130 (Out of stock)

First Edition of Yayoi Kusama’s first novel, published in Japan in 1978 and never translated into English, is best described as a faux autobiography, describing Kusama’s years in New York in the 50s and 60s. Having left behind a strict family life in post-war Japan, Kusama entered a period of heightened creativity. She was free to make what she wanted, but plagued by fears of intimacy and inadequacy. Her art became a form of therapy, and she went on to create a unique body of work that not only parallels and transcends Pop art, Minimal art and Happenings of the ’60s, but remains influential today.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1978 #artistnovel #japaneseavantgarde #yayoikusama
Joel Fisher
Published by Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1978, 28 pages (b/w ill.), 15 × 21 cm, Dutch / English
Price: €14

Produced on the occasion of Joel Fisher’s exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 14 April–28 May, 1978.

SM Cat. No 639.

Designed by Total Design.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1978 #joelfisher #stedelijkmuseum #wimcrouwel