Vivant et travaillant ensemble dans le contecte de la contre-culture torontoise de la fin des années 1960, AA Bronson, Felix Partz et Jorge Zontal ont officialisé leur collaboration en 1969 sous le nom de General Idea. De leurs premiers projets, comme la mise en scène du concours de Miss General Idea en 1970, à leurs initiatives militantes autour de la crise du sida, General Idea a exploré le travail multimédia, conceptuel et performatif comme outil pour s'engager dans la culture commune et ses répressions.
Les dessins du groupe, dont la grande majorité n'a jamais été vue, sont moins connus. Les dessins présentés dans A Rare Gift of the Tropics ont tous été produits par Jorge Zontal, lors des réunions de brainstorming du groupe ; cependant, étant donné le principe de la co-signature régissant les activités de General Idea (et comme le démontre la signature « GI » apposée par Zontal peu avant sa mort), ainsi que les circonstances dans lesquelles ils ont été exécutés, ils sont considérés comme étant collaboratifs. Les dessins deviennent plus réguliers à partir de 1985, année où le groupe quitte Toronto, qui se sent de plus en plus isolé du monde de l'art, pour New York. Au fil des années 1980, la joie de vivre initiale est assombrie par l'omniprésence du sida. Bien que réalisée à la main, la répétition de motifs spécifiques suit une logique qui renvoie au penchant de General Idea pour la reproduction de masse et qui fait écho à la viralité de leurs œuvres sur le sida. Dans leur mutabilité et leur flux continu, les dessins sont une fenêtre fascinante sur la vision artistique de General Idea et sur leur approche singgulière de la notion de paternité, exposant l'inadéquation de la représentation tout en reconnaissant son urgence.
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Fondé à Toronto en 1969 par Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal – tous deux décédés en 1994 – et AA Bronson, le collectif General Idea se dote d'un nom générique lui permettant de se « libérer de la tyrannie du génie individuel ». Il élabore une œuvre complexe où s'entremêlent réel et fiction au service d'une relecture mordante, transgressive et souvent parodique du monde de l'art et de la société. General Idea part d'une conception de l'image vue tel un virus infiltrant le réel, s'en empare afin de l'habiter et d'en modifier le contenu. Il élabore ainsi une version alternative de la réalité.
Entre peintures et installations, sculptures et photographies, vidéos, magazines et programme télévisé, General Idea a produit une œuvre authentiquement multimédia qui n'a rien perdu de sa fraîcheur et apparaît aujourd'hui comme anticipatrice de certaines évolutions du monde de l'art actuel, visionnaire d'une société en pleine mutation.
Fondé à Toronto en 1969 par Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal – tous deux décédés en 1994 – et AA Bronson, le collectif General Idea se dote d'un nom générique lui permettant de se « libérer de la tyrannie du génie individuel ». Il élabore une œuvre complexe où s'entremêlent réel et fiction au service d'une relecture mordante, transgressive et souvent parodique du monde de l'art et de la société. General Idea part d'une conception de l'image vue tel un virus infiltrant le réel, s'en empare afin de l'habiter et d'en modifier le contenu. Il élabore ainsi une version alternative de la réalité.
Entre peintures et installations, sculptures et photographies, vidéos, magazines et programme télévisé, General Idea a produit une œuvre authentiquement multimédia qui n'a rien perdu de sa fraîcheur et apparaît aujourd'hui comme anticipatrice de certaines évolutions du monde de l'art actuel, visionnaire d'une société en pleine mutation.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Living and working together as part of the late 1960s Toronto counterculture, AA Bronson (b. Michael Tims, 1946, Vancouver), Felix Partz (b. Ronald Gabe, 1945, Winnipeg, d. 1994), and Jorge Zontal (b. Slobodan Saia-Levy, 1944, Parma, d. 1994) formalized their collaboration in 1969 as a single entity known as General Idea. From their earliest projects like staging of The 1970 Miss General Idea Pageant to their late activist initiatives around the AIDS crisis, General Idea explored multimedia, conceptual, and performance work as a tool for engaging with common culture and its repressions. A definitive retrospective of General Idea is currently travelling from the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Gropius Bau in Berlin. An extensive exhibition of these drawings has been shown at the Drawing Center in New York and MAMCO in Geneva. Less well-known are the group's drawings, the vast majority of which have never been seen. The drawings shown in A Rare Gift of the Tropics were all produced by Jorge Zontal, who made them as a habitual practice during the group's brainstorming meetings; however, given General Idea's mandate for co-authorship (and as demonstrated by the "GI" signature affixed by Zontal shortly before his death) as well as the circumstances under which they were executed, they are considered to be collaborative. The drawings assumed a greater regularity after 1985, the year the group left Toronto, which felt increasingly isolated from the global art world, for New York. As the 1980s wore on, their early joie de vivre was tempered by the pervasive presence of AIDS. In Bronson's words, it was a period "during which we had to face and somehow incorporate the illness and death of most of our friends, as well as Jorge and Felix themselves. " Although drawn by hand, the repetition of specific motifs follows a logic that is akin to General Idea's own penchant for mass reproduction and that echo the virality of their AIDS works. In their mutability and insistent flow, the drawings are a fascinating window into General Idea's distinct artistic vision and unique notions of authorship, exposing representation's inadequacy while acknowledging its urgency. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9783907179611
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Living and working together as part of the late 1960s Toronto counterculture, AA Bronson (b. Michael Tims, 1946, Vancouver), Felix Partz (b. Ronald Gabe, 1945, Winnipeg, d. 1994), and Jorge Zontal (b. Slobodan Saia-Levy, 1944, Parma, d. 1994) formalized their collaboration in 1969 as a single entity known as General Idea. From their earliest projects like staging of The 1970 Miss General Idea Pageant to their late activist initiatives around the AIDS crisis, General Idea explored multimedia, conceptual, and performance work as a tool for engaging with common culture and its repressions. A definitive retrospective of General Idea is currently travelling from the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Gropius Bau in Berlin. An extensive exhibition of these drawings has been shown at the Drawing Center in New York and MAMCO in Geneva.Less well-known are the groups drawings, the vast majority of which have never been seen. The drawings shown in A Rare Gift of the Tropics were all produced by Jorge Zontal, who made them as a habitual practice during the groups brainstorming meetings; however, given General Ideas mandate for co-authorship (and as demonstrated by the GI signature affixed by Zontal shortly before his death) as well as the circumstances under which they were executed, they are considered to be collaborative. The drawings assumed a greater regularity after 1985, the year the group left Toronto, which felt increasingly isolated from the global art world, for New York. As the 1980s wore on, their early joie de vivre was tempered by the pervasive presence of AIDS. In Bronsons words, it was a period during which we had to face and somehow incorporate the illness and death of most of our friends, as well as Jorge and Felix themselves. Although drawn by hand, the repetition of specific motifs follows a logic that is akin to General Ideas own penchant for mass reproduction and that echo the virality of their AIDS works. In their mutability and insistent flow, the drawings are a fascinating window into General Ideas distinct artistic vision and unique notions of authorship, exposing representations inadequacy while acknowledging its urgency. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783907179611
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