Pieter Engels - Project Owlglass print series - Set of 9 posters

Pieter Engels & Simon Es

Edité par BAMM 1976-1977, Amsterdam, 1976

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Pieter Engels folding print/posters. 'BAMM: Brain-squad against mass-communication and mediocrity'. Pieter Engels, 9 Project Owlglass posters, published by the artist / BAMM: Brain-squad against mass-communication and mediocrity, Amsterdam, 1976-77.The conceptual Dutch artist Pieter Engels created a fictional publicist called 'Simon Es'. Together, Engels and Es called themselves 'BAMM: Brain-squad against mass-communication and mediocrity'. These folding prints were sent out to various art world recipients as cynical, banal and humorous publicity information sheets. They create a subversive dialogue on conceptual art and the cult of the artist. Many of the prints are both exhibition posters and artist's conceptual prints. All prints are 780 x 520 mm. Often printed double-sided black on white stock, with three of the posters printed in two colours: black and gold.Project Owlglass (unnumbered) The first show of Simon Es, works about EngelsPrinted double sided. Black print on white poster stock. Folded as issued. Print/poster for exhibition at es' worldwide wandering gallery , Galerie Yaki Kornblit, 25 February - 22 March 1977. BAMM.Project Owlglass nr.1. Temporary Event 1976Printed double sided. Black print on white poster stock. Folded as issued. BAMM. In this print the main image involves a torn fragment entitled 'Temporary Event 1976' that states 'The average conceptual art is the main reason of the present day, spiritual inflation in modern art because it is academical/boring/similar and rarely visual/(like this piece).ENGELS (the Rolls-Royce amongst artists). Project Owlglass nr.2. Event of repetition - A critic in his timePrinted double sided. Black and gold print on white poster stock. Folded as issued. BAMM. The image is of an artwork by Engels. Project Owlglass nr.3. Engels: a magician amongst artistsPrinted double sided. Black and gold print on white poster stock. Folded as issued. BAMM. Recto is image of Engels in a magician's top hat.Project Owlglass nr.4. The impact of art is unchangeable Printed double sided. Black print on white poster stock. Folded as issued. BAMM. Recto is image of Engels with a rose and a metal mask which reads 'a rose amongst (an artificial bouquet of) fading artists .Project Owlglass nr.5. Karl MarxBlack print on white poster stock. Folded as issued. BAMM. Printed one side only, on the image of the shoes is printed 'down with mediocity' (on the heels).Project Owlglass nr.6. Engels & Es, gold print/DuchampPrinted double sided. Black and gold print on white poster stock. Folded as issued. BAMM. Minimal design with the name 'Duchamp' in black font alongside Engels signature. Project Owlglass nr.7. Self portrait of a centuryBlack print on white poster stock. Folded as issued. BAMM. Printed one side only with image of Engels' distorted canvas artworks. The poster advertises a fictional retrospective exhibition by Engels at MoMA New York, 'On the long run and anytime Holland 'delivers' the best artists of the world'.Project Owlglass nr.8, Engels and Es mind-sharesFeb 1977. Black print on white poster stock. Folded as issued. BAMM. Printed one side only with texts and percentages relating to shares and profits of the artists activities. Individual condition listings are available on request: The condition of the posters are VG+ or Near Fine.

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• Titre: Pieter Engels - Project Owlglass print series - Set of 9 posters
• Éditeur: BAMM 1976-1977, Amsterdam
• Date de parution: 1976
• État de l'article: Near Fine