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(ASKEVOLD, DAVID). Askevold, David, Mike Kelley, Cliff Eyland, Terry Graff & Petra Rigby Watson. Charlottetown, CANADA: Confederation Art Centre Gallery & Museum, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography, exhibition history and collections listing. Published in 1998 as documentation of a 1995 Canadian Museum retrospective, this comprehensive catalogue on the photographic-based art and video work of David Askevold features contributions by friend and frequent collaborator Mike Kelley, Cliff Eyland, Terry Graff, Petra Rigby Watson, and Askevold himself. A most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "For ... D.A. 22/07/2000" in black ink on the title page to a noted Los Angeles gallerist. 0-920089-52-6 Inventory Number: 024667

(ASKEVOLD, DAVID). Askevold, David, Mike Kelley, Cliff Eyland, Terry Graff & Petra Rigby Watson. Charlottetown, CANADA: Confederation Art Centre Gallery & Museum, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography, exhibition history and collections listing. Published in 1998 as documentation of a 1995 Canadian Museum retrospective, this comprehensive catalogue on the photographic-based art and video work of David Askevold features contributions by friend and frequent collaborator Mike Kelley, Cliff Eyland, Terry Graff, Petra Rigby Watson, and Askevold himself. A handsome example showing a bit of curling to the textblock at the foredge tips. 0-920089-52-6 Inventory Number: 024666

(BLIND SPOT PHOTOGRAPHY). Caputo, Kim Zorn & Vik Muniz, Editors. New York: Blind Spot Photography, Inc., 1995. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover image by Masao Yamamoto. This fifth installment of the stylish quarterly photography magazine "Blind Spot" features contributions and/or portfolios by Christopher H. Bailey, Tina Barney, Cindy Bernard, Catherine Chalmers, Peter Garfield, David Goldes, Jan Groover, Kinuyo Hagiwara, Ed Kashi, Mike Kelley, John Milisenda, Richard Misrach, Abelardo Morell, Gary Schneider, Larry Sultan, Philip Taaffe, Brian Wood, Masao Yamamoto, Kim Zorn Caputo, Jim Lewis, and Adam Fuss. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon issue. Inventory Number: 007610

(KELLEY, MIKE). Kelley Mike. Los Angeles: Art Resources Transfer Inc., 1992. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Printed Postcard. Performance Announcement. As New.. One 4 ¼ x 5 ¾" glossy cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, 1 b&w illustration. This is the postcard announcement published in conjunction with the June 29th and 30th, 1992 American premiere of Mike Kelley's collaborative performance piece with close friends Anita Pace and Stephen Prina entitled "Beat of the Traps" at the Gindi Auditorium of Los Angeles' University of Judaism. Unveiled earlier in the month in Vienna, it consisted of actor Alan Abelew and dancers Anita Pace and Carl Buckley interacting with musical accompaniment by drummers M.B. Gordy and Jonathan Norton alongside guitar and vocals by Stephen Prina. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item perfect for the Mike Kelley completeist. Inventory Number: 027383

(KELLEY, MIKE). Kelley Mike. Koln, GERMANY: Galerie Jablonka, 1995. First Edition 1/400. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 15 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Kuhle und Mozer. Text in English and German. With a protective clear acetate dustwapper. This is the jaunty catalogue published in conjunction with the noted late Los Angeles-based artist Mike Kelley's 1995 exhibition of thirteen paintings on shaped wood held at his longtime German representative, Galerie Jablonka. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear and rubbing to its covers with a TLS from Jochen Link on gallery stationery dated September 21, 1995 detailing the exhibition's remaining available works and pricing to a well-known art dealer additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 026867

(KELLEY, MIKE) (WEST, FRANZ). Pontegnie, Ann, Mike Kelley, Franz West & Andreas Reitner Raabe. Brussels, BELGIUM & Wien, Austria: OneTwoThree & Pakesch & Schlebrugge, 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. 84pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and French. Designed by Hans Wiegand (Flat Mountain Press). This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a jointly conceived exhibition of like-minded works by Mike Kelley and Franz West held in 2001 at the OneTwoThree space in Brussels. Included are previously unpublished texts, interviews, and the documentation of the artists' collaborative performance piece "To Be Read Aloud". A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item. 3-85160-014-2 Inventory Number: 024525

(KOONS, JEFF) (TASCHEN, BENEDIKT). Paz, Marga & Benedikt Taschen. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2004. First Edition. Folio. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. As New/As New. 256pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, German and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the beautifully produced, oversized hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2004 Reina Sofia Madrid exhibition of works from the extraordinary contemporary art holdings amassed over the previous two decades by legendary publisher Benedikt Taschen. "Benedikt Taschen began seriously building his personal collection in 1985, through his involvement in the contemporary art world. It is limited to a small number of artists by whom he owns a great number of pieces. This concentration both traces the development of the work of a few over time and allows us to explore their scope and vision in greater depth. Among the best-represented artists of the collection are Germans Albert Oehlen and Martin Kippenberger (with more than a hundred works each), and the American artists Jeff Koons and Mike Kelley. Additionally, Taschen owns many quality pieces representing key artists from the generation that emerged in the 1980s and is still active today. Among them: Thomas Struth, Gunther Forg, Cindy Sherman, Christopher Wool, Darren Almond, Werner Buttner, Andre Butzer, and Wolfgang Tillmans, not to forget photography doyens Julius Shulman and Helmut Newton, and Elmer Batters and Eric Stanton. A brand new, most handsome example acquired directly from the publisher additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Jeff Koons / 12/3/04" WITH A FLOWER DRAWING executed at Art Basel Miami 2004 in black marker across the title page. 3-8228-4011-4 Inventory Number: 026516

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Silvia Kolbowski, Homi Bhabha & Melissa Mathis, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1996. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Very Good.. 124pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: The Death of Paper: A Radio Play - Denis Hollier; Formless: A User's Guide, Excerpts To Introduce a User's Guide - Yve-Alain Bois; A User's Guide to Entropy - Yve-Alain Bois and Rosalind Krauss; Informe without Conclusion - Rosalind Krauss; Obscene, Abject, Traumatic - Hal Foster. A handsome example. ISSN 0162-2870 Inventory Number: 013122

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim, Amy Gerstler, Doug Harvey, Mike Kelley, Noellie Roussel & Fabrice Stroun. Grenoble, FRANCE & Glarus, SWITZERLAND: Le Magasin - Centre National D'Art Contemporain & Kunsthaus Glarus, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With an exhibition history and bibliography. "It's a particularly American notion: If you don't like your religion, invent one of your own. That's exactly what Jim Shaw has done. This publication is dedicated to full documentation of this new body of work, developed since 2001 in installations, paintings, video, and drawings concerning Oism, the religion that Shaw provides with a back story to the mid-19th century. As Shaw describes it: "Oism's beliefs included the notion of a female deity, of time going backwards, spiritual transience, and a prohibition on figurative art." Shaw's Oist-inspired works include a series of abstract paintings presented as the work of the Adam O. Goodman, an Oist painter, along with his archives of "forbidden" figurative imagery; "The Donner Party", supposedly by Oist artist Mandy Omaha, a dead-on spit-take of Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party", only with cannibalistic treats at the place settings; and movie poster paintings announcing hypothetical Oist epics. Funny and shocking, "O" adds yet another volume to Shaw's continuing investigation of American culture and its assumptions". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 2-940271-35-6 Inventory Number: 024852

(SMITH, JACK). Jordan, Mary, Director. New York: Arthouse Films, 2007. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 8vo. NTSC DVD in Plastic Case. Documentary Film. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 95 minutes + extras, in color. "Perhaps America's most important artist from the last fifty years, Jack Smith is simultaneously hailed as the godfather of performance art, a groundbreaking photographer, and the 'William Blake of film'. His utopian ideals, artistic processes and bejeweled artworks left no generation untouched since, and became essential influences to contemporary art superstars like Andy Warhol, Federico Fellini, and Matthew Barney. In her feature-length film debut, director Mary Jordan combines Smith's rare and unseen films and photographs with rare audio recordings, acting appearances, and other relics squeezed from Smith's vaulted archives. Commentaries from art luminaries, critics and Smith's friends and enemies such as George Kuchar, Ken Jacobs, Tony Conrad, Sylvere Lotringer, Judith Malina, Jonas Mekas, Mario Montez, Ronald Tavel, John Waters, John Zorn, Agosto Machado, Andrew Sarris, Ari Roussimoff, Billy Name, Ela Troyano, Gary Indiana, George Kuchar, Helen Gee, Henry Hills, Maria Montez, Andrew Sarris, Holly Woodlawn, Ira Cohen, Ivan Galietti, Jerry Tartaglia, John Matturri, John Vaccaro, Lawrence Rinder, Mary Woronov, Mike Kelley, Nayland Blake, Nick Zedd, Richard Foreman, Robert Heide, Robert Wilson, Taylor Mead, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, Uzi Parnes, and William Niederkorn intercut Smith himself proffering condemnations of capitalism, critics, and institutional-art "gatekeepers". Jordan also delves into Smith's tenuous relationship with Andy Warhol - who adopted Smith's ideas and actors in his own work (including Smith's "Superstars" concept), his vilification of New American cinema pioneer Jonas Mekas, and other previously undocumented biographical topics. From the Whitney to the Louvre, Smith is acknowledged as one of America's most influential artists, yet his legacy remains at the edges of obscurity. Pure in his artistic pursuits, Smith smashed head-on into the politics intersecting creativity, capitalism, and meaning in contemporary art. Since his 1989 death, Smith's work has been rarely publicly displayed. Still his influence pervades contemporary art and pop-culture today. This documentary portrait pays homage to New York's ultimate anti-hero and the original King of the Underground". A brand new, pristine unplayed example of this DVD in letterbox format still in the manufacturer's shrinkwrapped plastic case. Inventory Number: 018984