General Idea

BALZER, David, A.A. Bronson, Didrich Diderichsen, Dominic Johnson, Theodore Kerr, Alex Kitnick, Sholem Krishtalka, Elizabeth Lebovici, Philip Monk, Diana Nemiroff, Beatrix Ruf, and Adam Welch

ISBN 10: 3037645857 / ISBN 13: 9783037645857

Edité par National Gallery of Canada and JRP Editions, Ottawa, Canada and Geneva, Switzerland, 2022

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First edition and first printing. Softcover. 755 pages. Published in conjunction a traveling exhibition. Massive retrospective monograph on the Canadian artist collective General Idea. Features text contributions by David Balzer, A.A. Bronson, Didrich Diderichsen, Dominic Johnson, Theodore Kerr, Alex Kitnick, Sholem Krishtalka, Elizabeth Lebovici, Philip Monk, Diana Nemiroff, Beatrix Ruf, and Adam Welch. Includes over 500 illustrations. A fine copy in French style wrappers and with a fine wraparound band to the rear cover. The definitive reference on General Idea. Please note that this is a very heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: General Idea
• Éditeur: National Gallery of Canada and JRP Editions, Ottawa, Canada and Geneva, Switzerland
• Date de parution: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3037645857
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783037645857
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Art Monographs

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Synopsis

A massive artist's book-cum-overview of the revered and subversive queer Canadian collective, exquisitely designed in collaboration with AA Bronson

This 768-page volume stands as the most comprehensive source on the Canadian collective General Idea, founded in Toronto in 1969 by Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson and active until the deaths of Partz and Zontal in 1994. The book is arranged in three parts: Performances and Actions, In the Streets and In the Showroom. The first two parts focus on ephemeral, time-based and even disposable works. The third part includes a plate section offering a near-complete visual survey of General Idea's practice. Facing-page comparative images show works as they appeared in historical installations or other relevant contexts. These three sections correspond broadly to the collective's development: from performances, actions, pageants and other practices (1969-78), through works engaging with mass-media formats such as the magazine, television and video (1972-'80s), and finally to works conceived for galleries and museums (1985-94). The publication features a prologue by AA Bronson, a conversation between him and Beatrix Ruf, and new texts by international scholars. The appendix includes a complete scholarly bibliography, exhibition and performance histories, and an illustrated chronology of the group.
Conceived by AA Bronson in close collaboration with designer Garrick Gott and editor Adam Welch, each section has a distinct visual identity and graphic treatment. The book itself functions as a kind of edition by the collective, evoking General Idea's preoccupation with redeploying cultural phenomena: here, the museum exhibition catalog.