Aanwezig/Afwezig
Barbara Bloom
Published by de Appel, Amsterdam, 1993, folded card in envelope with two aluminium tags, 15.3 × 10.7 cm, English
Price: €90 (Out of stock)

Memorial edition produced on the 10 year anniversary of the deaths of Wies Smals, Josine van Droffelaar, Gerhard von Graevenitz, Martin Barkhuis and Hendrik Smals in a plane crash.

“This is a facsimile of a small aluminum tag which reads ‘Aanwezig’ (Present) on one side, and ‘Afwezig’ (Absent) on the other. It was found at an airport for private planes in Holland in May of 1983. These tags hung on hooks under the names of pilots who frequented that airport, indicating their presence or absence. I was moved to take one, and have had it on my desk ever since.”

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

#1993 #barbarabloom #deappel #ephemera #wiessmals
I don’t know if Thomas Edison invented the excuse
Kirsten Pieroth
Published by Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2004, folded poster. (b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm (folded), 48 × 59.4 cm (unfolded), English
Price: €7

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition I don’t know if Thomas Edison invented the excuse at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 7 May – 13 June, 2004.

“I regret that a previous engagement prevents me from accepting your kind invitation to dinner at your home, on Thursday evening, September seventeenth,” is a sentence taken from a letter written by inventor Thomas Edison. Pieroth’s interest in the life of Edison led to the discovery the inventor often made excuses to avoid attending social functions. Pieroth then wrote to the American Patent Office requesting a patent on behalf of Edison for the invention of the “excuse.”

#ephemera #kirstenpieroth #poster
World Without Objects (card)
Stephen Willats
Published by Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp, 2013, card (colour & b/w ill.), 18 × 11.5 cm, English
Price: €15

Produced on the occasion of Stephen Willats’ exhibition World Without Objects at Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp 13 October–30 November, 2013.

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

#2013 #ephemera #stephenwillats
Nieuw Werk (card)
Werner Büttner
Published by Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, 1985, card (b/w ill.), 12.3 × 17.7 cm, Dutch
Price: €15

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Werner Büttner: Nieuw Werk at Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, 12 November–7 December, 1985.

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

#1985 #ephemera #wernerbuttner
Marcel Broodthaers (Invitation card)
Published by Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, 1987, folding card (colour & b/w ill.), 16 × 22.5 cm, French/Dutch
Price: €25

Invitation card for the opening of the exhibition Marcel Broodthaers at Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Wednesday April 29, 1987. With a text titled MB le solipsisme by Bernard Blistène.

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

#1987 #ephemera #marcelbroodthaers
Calendar
Ricardo Valentim
Published by Clément Dirié, Paris, 2023, unpaginated (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm, English
Price: €10

This calendar was conceived by Ricardo Valentim and Clément Dirié. It follows calendars conceived by Katerina Seda in 2014, Ana Jotta in 2015, Bruce McLean in 2016, Mick Peter in 2017, Paulina Olowska in 2018, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet in 2019, Apostolos Georgiou in 2020, Agnès Thurnauer in 2021, and Dorothy lannone in 2022. In a limited edition of 200 copies

Designed by Amélie Boutry.

#2023 #clementdirie #ephemera #ricardovalentim