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| An exhibition exploring the use of texts and signifiers as visual elements and/or devices in contemporary prints and multiples. The exhibit is a selection of editions published by the Carl Solway Gallery, Mark Patsfall Graphics, and Volatile Editions. The works span a time period of almost 30 years, from 1969 to 1998, and represent a wide range of media and conceptual strategies towards creating editioned works. Mediums utilized by the artists include sculpture, lithography, etching, screenprinting, audio, books, and mixed media prints. |
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| Installation view of Text & Signifier exhibition at Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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Artists represented in the exhibition are: Vito Acconci, William Allen, John M. Bennett, Richard Bitting, John Cage, Buckminster Fuller, Nancy Graves, Nam June Paik, Joseph Kosuth, C. V. Mansoor, Matt Mullican, Rm. Palaniappan, Ben Patterson, Bern Porter, Kay Rosen, Jochen Saueracker, Carolee Schneemann, Sandy Skoglund, Annie Sprinkle, Julia Wachtel, Barbara Westermann, Hannah Wilke, as well as the "Fluxfax" portfolio which includes works by 35 Fluxus artists. The exhibition is available for rental, in whole or in part. Due to the large number of works in the exhibition it is very flexible, fitting spaces small and large. Rental fees and expenses are determined accordingly. All works in the exhibition are for sale. |
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| Installation view of Text & Signifier exhibition at Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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| "Text & Signifier" reviewed in Dialogue Art Magazine | ||||||||||||||
| Text & Signifier (List of works available for the exhibition) Vito Acconci Blown-Up Baby-Doll A four color screenprint on Sintra and black-mirrored Plexiglas. 24 triangles to create an 96" hexagon or variables, edition of 10. Carl Solway Gallery, 1992 Vito Acconci Name Calling Chair Plywood, cherry, ebony, and birch veneer, 48"x38"x48", edition of 10. Carl Solway Gallery, 1990 William Allen Fire Sermon Text work. Sandblasted Travertine marble, three stones each 26"x22". Signed and numbered edition of 3. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1998 William Allen Lapis Lazuli Text work. Twelve deep-etched magnesium plates painted with epoxy paint. Each plate measures 7"x9.5"x0.5", the entire piece installed is 22"x39". Signed and numbered edition of 8. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1995 William Allen Ten Commandments Text work. A suite of ten etchings, 9.5" x 12.5", aquatint on colored backrounds. Signed and numbered edition of 21. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1998 William Allen Two Dreams Text work. An etching in black on white Rives BFK, 30" x 40", Signed and numbered edition of 20. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1998 William Allen and Barbara Westermann Three Pillows Text work. Three embroidered linen boudoir pillow cases, comes in an aromatic cedar box, 13.5"x17.5"x1", and was published in an edition of 12. Mark Patsfall Graphics 1995 John M. Bennett Johnee's Box An overview of the artist's work between 1975 - 1990. White cardboard box with calligraphy and stamp art by the poet. Contents: 31 chap books and folded broadsides, 2 audio tapes, 26 broadsides (11"x8.5"). offset printed photograph of JMB, Big Notes catalogue, 12 post cards, Throne Frog label package (edition of 15), Utter Utter hat (calligraphy and stamp art on Butcher's cap, signed edition of 15). 12"x9"x2", signed and numbered edition of 15. Slide on request. Volatile Editions and Luna Bisonte Prods, 1990 Richard Bitting Conifers Music. Composition from the environmental sculpture/installation Conifers. CD in jewel case and insert with liner notes. Mark Patsfall Graphics / LaLa Records, 1995 Richard Bitting Kepler's Harmony Color etching, 44"x30", signed and numbered edition of 15. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1990 Richard Bitting Nine Summer Haiku Music. Music compositions based on visual scores including Kepler's Harmony and Pleiades. CD in jewel case and insert with liner notes. Mark Patsfall Graphics / LaLa Records, 1994 Richard Bitting Nine Summerr Haiku Portfolio of nine color lithographs and one title page, 20"x20", signed and numbered edition of 20. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1984 Richard Bitting Pleiades 12" LP Picture disk, hand printed color lithograph, signed edition of 260. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1992 John Cage Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel, Plexigram I Each Plexigram comprises eight panes of screenprinted Plexiglas , 14"x20", two panels in each set are bronze tinted; six are clear. Mounted in walnut base, 14.5"x24"x3/4"; hand-signed and numbered by Cage and collaborator Calvin Sumsion. Accompanied by a text by John Cage describing the method of composing his first graphic work by chance operation. Edition of 125. Carl Solway Gallery, 1969 John Cage Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel, Plexigram II Each Plexigram comprises eight panes of screenprinted Plexiglas , 14"x20", two panels in each set are bronze tinted; six are clear. Mounted in walnut base, 14.5"x24"x3/4"; hand-signed and numbered by Cage and collaborator Calvin Sumsion. Accompanied by a text by John Cage describing the method of composing his first graphic work by chance operation. Edition of 125. Carl Solway Gallery, 1969 John Cage Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel, Plexigram III Each Plexigram comprises eight panes of screenprinted Plexiglas , 14"x20", two panels in each set are bronze tinted; six are clear. Mounted in walnut base, 14.5"x24"x3/4"; hand-signed and numbered by Cage and collaborator Calvin Sumsion. Accompanied by a text by John Cage describing the method of composing his first graphic work by chance operation. Edition of 125. Carl Solway Gallery, 1969 John Cage Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel, Plexigram IV Each Plexigram comprises eight panes of screenprinted Plexiglas, 14"x20", two panels in each set are bronze tinted; six are clear. Mounted in walnut base, 14.5"x24"x.75"; hand-signed and numbered by Cage and collaborator Calvin Sumpsion. Accompanied by a text by John Cage describing the method of composing his first graphic work by chance operation. Edition of 125. Carl Solway Gallery, 1969 John Cage Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel (version A) Using 8 aluminum plates and 9 colors, Lithograph (version A) was hand-printed on black Fabriano rag paper, 26.5"x40", edition of 125. Carl Solway Gallery, 1969 3000 John Cage Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel (version B) Using 8 aluminum plates and 8 colors, (version B) was hand-printedon black rag paper, 27.5"x40", Edition of 125. Carl Solway Gallery, 1969 John Cage (subject) Prepared box for John Cage Contributions by forty-five artists in honor of Cage's 75th birthday. Including: Laurie Anderson, Ay-O, Joseph Beuys, George Brecht, Christo, Merce Cunningham, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Ray Johnson, Alison Knowles, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Jean Tinguely, and others. 8"x8"x1.5", screen printed cardboard box wrapped with randomly placed rubber bands, 85 loose pages, printed offset, 1st prtg. Carl Solway Gallery, 1987 Diana Duncan Holmes and Timothy M. Riordan Aviary Axes Intaglio, 30"x22", from the Cincinnati Portfolio ll, signed and numbered edition of 35. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1983 Rev. Howard Finster Into Earth Lithograph, 39.5"x29.5", signed and numbered edition of 150. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1989 Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Air-Ocean World Map Twenty-nine color screenprint on Arches 88 paper, 50"x72" signed on ink, with the chop of Styria Press. Carl Solway Gallery, 1980 Buckminster Fuller Inventions: Twelve Around One Portfolio of thirteen color screenprints, each 30"x40, signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Carl Solway Gallery, 1980 Nancy Graves Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites Individual print from the portfolio Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites. A portfolio of 9 original color lithographs each 22.5"x30", signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Printed by Landfall Press; Published by the Carl Solway Gallery, 1972 Nancy Graves Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites Individual print from the portfolio Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites. A portfolio of 9 original color lithographs each 22.5"x30", signed , dated and numbered by the artist. Printed by Landfall Press; Published by the Carl Solway Gallery, 1972 Joseph Kosuth Ex Libris Series A set of 5 aluminum plaques, signed and numbered on the verso of each plaque by the artist, 7.25"x24", edition of 20. Carl Solway Gallery, 1989 C. V. Mansoor Babel Text work; this multiple relates to a unique work (of the same title) consisting of over 500 copies of text typed, by hand, over a photocopied image of a camel. 11.5"x9"x1.25", painted fiberboard box containing one typed sheet and 126 photocopied facsimiles of the other pages from the original, sheet of quarter-inch plate glass and a pair of scissors. Signed and numbered edition of 9. Volatile Editions, 1997 Steven McCarthy Ban Han Gun Son Color etching, 30"x22", from the Cincinnati Portfolio II, signed and numbered edition of 35. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1994 Matt Mullican Untitled A suite of 64 etchings and 10 screenprints. Etchings 15"x11"; screenprints 29.5"x21.5", edition of 32. Carl Solway Gallery, 1993 Multi-Artists Fluxfax A portfolio of hand pulled lithographs and screenprints, created via faxed instruction sheets, 35 Fluxus artists: Eric Andersen, Ay-o, Giuseppe Chiari, Henning Christianen, Philip Corner, Willem de Ridder, Jean Dupuy, Ken Friedman, Geoff Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Allen Kaprow, Bengt Af Klintberg, Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Shigeko Kubota, Vytautas Landsbergis, Jackson MacLow, Jonas Mekas, Larry Miller, Hermann Nitsch, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Ben Paterson, Knud Pedersen, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, Anne Tardos, Yasunao Tone, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Yoshimasa Wada, Emmett Williams, LaMonte Younge and Marian Zazeela. Prints measure 8.5"x11" and are packaged in an imprinted leatherette briefcase-folio, edition of 99, each print signed. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1995 Peter Nagy Cancer Logos Woodcut, 44.25"x45.25", Edition of 30. Carl Solway Gallery, 1988 Joel Otterson The Mighty Oak of Rock Etching; from the Cincinnati Portfolio II, 30"x22", signed and numbered edition of 35. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1994 Nam June Paik Key to the Highway (Rosetta Stone) Intaglio, relief etching and screenprint, 34"x28", signed and numbered edition of 64. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1995 Nam June Paik NJP at 1800 RPMs Seven screenprinted laser disks, antique television tubes and mixed media, signed and numbered edition of 64. Carl Solway Gallery, 1992 Rm. Palaniappan Energy, Land, Architecture 1 Viscosity / Silkscreen / Embossing, 30"x22", signed and numbered edition of 30. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1993 Rm. Palaniappan Energy, Land, Architecture 2 Viscosity / Silkscreen / Embossing, 30"x22", signed and numbered edition of 30. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1993 Rm. Palaniappan Energy, Land, Architecture 3 Viscosity / Silkscreen / Embossing, 30"x22", signed and numbered edition of 30. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1993 Ben Patterson A Short History of Twentieth Century Art Final Edit Revised And Bigger Mixed media on canvas, 24"x91", signed and numbered edition of 15. Carl Solway Gallery, 1993 Ben Patterson How to be Happy: The Four Great Lessons A portfolio of five screenprints, each 28"x20", signed and numbered edition of 35. Carl Solway Gallery, 1996 Bern Porter 89 Offenses Lithograph (black ink) and etching (blue ink) with chine colle (Kitakata paper on white Rives BFK), 41"x15". Signed and numbered edition of 20. Volatile Editions and Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1991 Bern Porter Nevers Text work. 18.5"x23.25", screen print (black ink) on quarter inch thick white Sintra plastic, shaped, and mounted on aluminum channels so that whenhung it floats off the wall approximately a half inch. Signed and numbered edition of 20. Volatile Editions and Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1994 Bern Porter The Last Acts of Saint Fuckyou Text work, window shade, 36" wide by variable length (up to approximately 52"), screen printed in red ink, shade mounted on a maple panel 5"x40"x0.75". Signed and numbered edition of 20. Volatile Editions, 1990 Bern Porter Atomic Dresspattern Faux abstract print based on the on a dress pattern appropriated from a fashion magazine. 30"x40", six color screen print on Rives BFK white paper. Signed and numbered edition of 20. Volatile Editions and Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1992 Kay Rosen Lists A suite of prints; Ugly Ducking, Liszt, Liste/List, Homophonia, each measuring 30"x22.25", black & white screen prints on Arches paper packaged in a black hard case portfolio. Signed and numbered edition of 25. Slides on request. Volatile Editions and Feature, 1990 Kay Rosen Palimpsest Text work. 25.5"x19.5", relief etching, red ink on white Rives BFK paper, signed and numbered edition of 27. Volatile Editions and Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1990 Kay Rosen The Ed Prints A portfolio of six prints on Magnani white paper, each measures 13.5"x9.75", and are packaged in an imprinted folder made of Danial Smith Archival paper. Color lithograph and screen printing, signed and numbered edition of 30. Volatile Editions and Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1992 Kay Rosen The Man Text work. 25.5"x19.5", etching, black ink on white Rives BFK paper. Signed and numbered edition of 32. Volatile Editions and Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1991 Jochen Saueracker Untitled Portfolio of four screenprints 28"x28", white archival corrugated die cut board, signed and numbered edition of 20. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1993 Carolee Schneemann ABC - We Print Anything in the Cards Silk covered box containing offset printed cards (photo images and text) from original 1977 edition published by van de Brummense uitgever-ei van luxe. This editon in a reissued blue silk covered box containing an original set of cards. Box 3.75"x5.5"x3.75", signed and numbered edition of 10 with a color photograph. Volatile Editions, 1992 Carolee Schneemann Monday and Saturday Two sheets (diptych), each sheet 10.5"x60", multicolored screen prints, up to nine colors and twelve process runs, printed on Rives BFK white paper. The screens were produced photographically, using numerous collages of layered, hand-worked photographic negatives and film positives created by the artist. Signed and numbered edition of 32. Volatile Editions and Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1994 Sandy Skoglund Rabbits And Snakes Etching and woodblock print on Arches buff paper, 29.875"x22.25", edition of 50. Carl Solway Gallery, 1998 Annie Sprinkle 101 Hazards of Sex Screenprint on aluminum, with rounded corners and drilled holes for installation directly to wall. Edition of 42, 28"x8.5", signed and numbered by the artist. Published by Volatile Editions and Mark Patsfall Graphics, Cincinnati, OH, 1998 Annie Sprinkle 101 Uses for Sex Black text screenprinted on white plexiglass in black frame, 19.25"x13.75", signed and numbered edition of 20. Volatile Editions, 1991 Aralee Strange and Jim Wainscott The Pain on Main (portfolio) A suite of seven screenprint, 20"x14.5", in clamshell box, text by Aralee Strange and images by Jim Wainscott, signed and numbered edition of 30. Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1995 Julia Wachtel Precariously Close To 5 Billion Points Of Confusion A set of 9 prints, combined lithograph and screenprint, 22"30" each, edition of 64. Carl Solway Gallery, 1990 Hannah Wilke Hername Black & white etching (from sixteen individual plates) on white BFK paper, 36.25"x26.25", signed and numbered edition of 30. Volatile Editions and Mark Patsfall Graphics, 1978/91 |
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