Artists' Book

ISBN:                  3 . 9 2 6 8 2 0 . 3 3 - 0 

Published:           April 15 1995 in Berlin 

Edition:               500 signed by the artist 

Producer:            Stephan HAUSMEISTER 

Content:              Text and picture contributions of 14 contemporary
                            visual artists, writers, art scientists, journalists,
                            photographers and film makers:

                            David Ayers (USA / Germany)
                            Konrad Bayer (Austria)
                            Shane Cullen (Irish Republic)
                            Michael Haerdter (Germany)
                            Michael Hager (Germany)
                            Stephan Hausmeister (Germany / England)
                            Stefan Heidenreich (Germany)
                            Fritz Heisterkamp (Germany)
                            Patrick Jolley (Northern Ireland)
                            Gordon Matta-Clark (USA)
                            Paul Murray (Irish Republic)
                            John Sexton (England)
                            Lukasz Skapski (Poland)
                            Camilo Jose Vergara (USA)                       

Size:                    30 x 27. 5 cm  /  11. 3/4 x 10. 3/4 in ,
                            consisting of 164 pages with 124 colour
                            offset reproductions, and 25 black & white
                            reproductions. Included are six 5-colour screenprints,
                            five two colour screenprints, one 3-colour screenprint.
                            The double front page at the beginning and the end are
                            1-colour screenprints on black cardboard, the inside
                            and outside front and back covers are 2- colour
                            screenprints on 400gr 'Werkdruck' printing paper.

                            All screenprints have been hand printed by the artist
                            and the cover has been hand painted and paisted by
                            the artist.

Promotion:         The book was released on the 15 of April 1995 with
                            a  book release exhibition, entitled 'Pathologische
                            Aspekte der Gegenwartskunst' ('Pathological Aspects
                            of Contemporary Art') at the Unwahr Gallery, Berlin.

                            In June 1995 the book was shown as part of the
                            Irish contribution to the Venice Biennale, together
                            with the work of the Irish painter Shane Cullen, who
                            is one of the books contributors with 'A Letter to John
                            Heartfield', a joint project with Stephan Hausmeister.

                            This project consisted of publishing a forged letter
                           (supposedly written to John Heartfield out of a German
                            Concentration Camp) in Cirka Art Magazine, No. 63,
                            Belfast, May 1993. The actual text was a 1980's
                            communication out of the infamous Maze prison
                           (H-Blocks) by IRA hunger-strikers to their army
                            head quarters.

                            In October '95 the book was represented on two
                            stands at the 47th International Frankfurt Book Fair:

                            forum book art, Hamburg
                      &   Avivson Books, Paris, London, New York

Distribution:        D.A.P.
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                            NY 10013
                            USA
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                            Avivson Books
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                            F - 75003 Paris
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Copies of the book are in the 
following institutions and collections:

                            The Tate Gallery, London

                            The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
                           (National Art Library)

                            Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
                           (Kunstbibliothek)

                            The Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin

                            Museum of Modern Art, New York
                           (Franklin Furnace Collection)

                            NCAD, Dublin
                           (National College of Art and Design)

                            The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

                            Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a.M.

                            MSK, Gent

                            Northern Ireland Arts Board, Belfast

                            Chelsea College of Art and Design, London

                            Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork

                            Galleria Szerdag, Krakov

                            London Guildhall University, London

                            School of Art and Design
                            University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

                            School of The Art Institute of Chicago

                            Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

                            Bureau Friedrich, Berlin