manifestes d’art/the art manifestoes 1971–1977: selected passages from art
Lublin: Galeria Arcus, 1977. Saddle-stapled 8vo in stiff card stock wrappers printed in black. Pages printed in black on high-acidity paper, with one xeroxed fold-out affixed at inside rear cover. 17 pp. Text primarily in French and English, some Polish.
Artists’ book of art-related manifestos by Andrzej Partum, divided into French and English chapters, with a publisher’s note in both languages. French chapter includes information on the Bureau de la Poésie and the following manifestos: ‘Le criticosystème de l’art,’ ‘L’Art Pro/La,’ ‘Les Principes de l’Art Monodiste,’ and ‘L’usure de la poésie des anomalies modificatrices dans l’art conceptuel.’ English chapter also includes information about the Bureau of Poetry and the following manifestos: ‘A Manifesto of Insolent Art,’ and ‘Uncomprehension of art …/instructions by noise/,’ with the latter being the xeroxed fold-out affixed at inside rear cover. Published by Galeria Arcus, a significant space for both local and international artists during the 1970s.
Artifact Vibration Standard Score: 8.3.
Heavy age toning on account of the high-acidity paper. Very good.
[TIOTB Catalog 6 item 2j.]. Item 1230.
Price: $450.00