Null [Small Press] Artpool Budapest: Commonpress 51, cards and cds (1) Commonpre…
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[Small Press] Artpool Budapest: Commonpress 51, cards and cds (1) Commonpress 51. Hungary I like your works. Budapest, Artpool, 1984/1989. Edited by György Galántai and Júlia Klaniczay. Staple bound, 24 x 21 cm, colour offset printed in an edition of 300. Catalogue for the international mail art exhibition 'Hungary Can Be Yours' organized by Galantai at the Young Artists’ Club in Budapest in 1984. 106 participants from 18 countries took part including Guillermo Deisler, Jupitter-Larsen, Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Robert Swierkiewicz, Rugerro Maggi, Clemente Padin, E.F. Higgins III et al. The show was immediately banned by the authorities. It was repeated in 1989 on the eve of the regime change, titled 'Reconstruction of a Banned Exhibition'. A first edition of the catalogue was produced in 1984 by photocopying in an edition of 25, this is the publication from 1989. The publication is part of the Commonpress series, an international mail art magazine founded by the Polish artist Pawel Petasz. Each issue was compiled by another mail artist who circulated a call in the network specifying a theme for the coming issue. Mint copy. (2) Artpool cards Nos.10-14. Five postcards depicting the performance 'Homage to Vera Muhina' by Júlia and György Galantai and Cavellini at the Heroes' Square Budapest, 1980. Published by Artpool/World Art Post Budapest, each 14.5 x 11 cm, printed b/w. (3) CD 'Metal Music' by G. Galantai, 1983. Archival copy V36, with photocopied inlay, title handwritten on cd. (4) CD 'Artpool Radio 8. The Story of Galantai's Sound Sculptures'. Budapest, Artpool, 1987. Archival copy with photocopied inlay and handwritten title on cd. (total 4)

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[Small Press] Artpool Budapest: Commonpress 51, cards and cds (1) Commonpress 51. Hungary I like your works. Budapest, Artpool, 1984/1989. Edited by György Galántai and Júlia Klaniczay. Staple bound, 24 x 21 cm, colour offset printed in an edition of 300. Catalogue for the international mail art exhibition 'Hungary Can Be Yours' organized by Galantai at the Young Artists’ Club in Budapest in 1984. 106 participants from 18 countries took part including Guillermo Deisler, Jupitter-Larsen, Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Robert Swierkiewicz, Rugerro Maggi, Clemente Padin, E.F. Higgins III et al. The show was immediately banned by the authorities. It was repeated in 1989 on the eve of the regime change, titled 'Reconstruction of a Banned Exhibition'. A first edition of the catalogue was produced in 1984 by photocopying in an edition of 25, this is the publication from 1989. The publication is part of the Commonpress series, an international mail art magazine founded by the Polish artist Pawel Petasz. Each issue was compiled by another mail artist who circulated a call in the network specifying a theme for the coming issue. Mint copy. (2) Artpool cards Nos.10-14. Five postcards depicting the performance 'Homage to Vera Muhina' by Júlia and György Galantai and Cavellini at the Heroes' Square Budapest, 1980. Published by Artpool/World Art Post Budapest, each 14.5 x 11 cm, printed b/w. (3) CD 'Metal Music' by G. Galantai, 1983. Archival copy V36, with photocopied inlay, title handwritten on cd. (4) CD 'Artpool Radio 8. The Story of Galantai's Sound Sculptures'. Budapest, Artpool, 1987. Archival copy with photocopied inlay and handwritten title on cd. (total 4)

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