World Soup : The Kitchen Show
  • exhibition catalogue
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • edition size 400
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 3927789399

World Soup : The Kitchen Show

Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Christian Boltanski, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Paul Armand Gette, C.O. Paeffgen, Roman Signer, Richard Wentworth, Peter Fischli/David Weiss

World Soup : The Kitchen Show

description

Exhibition catalogue cum artist's project titled "World Soup : The Kitchen Show" published in conjunction with Hans Ulrich-Obrist's first curatorial project, a show held at Schwalbenstrasse 10, St. Gallen, Switzerland, July - September 1991. Includes the 1993 catalogue for the exhibition with text by Obrist, in parallel English and German tranlated by Uta Nusser. Includes contributions by the participating artists in the form of brochures, artist's books, postcards and prints housed in a printed folder within a manila envelope, edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Contents include, in addition to the catalogue: "Plats du jour," a brochure by Christian Boltanski; "L'art de la cuisine," two artist's books, one text based and one image based, and three cards housed in a glassine sleeve by Fréderic Bruly Bouabré; "Katalog," a black-and-white artist's book by Hans-Peter Feldmann; "Nymphæa alba L.," a text based card by Paul Armand Gette; "Messer," a facsimile image by C.O. Paeffgen; "Fässer," a full color artist's book by Roman Signer; "Photoabzüge," a set of seven photographs in an envelope by Richard Wentworth; and "Coop," a full color circular for Coop Zürich, a grocery story, by Peter Fischli/David Weiss.

14 vol. : [16] pp. (catalogue); [unpaginated] (Plats du jour); [8] pp. (Bouabré book); [40] pp. (Bouabré book); [3] pp. (Bouabré cards); + glassine envelope; [20] pp. (Feldmann); [1] pp. (Gette); [1] pp. (Paeffgen); [6] pp. (Signer); [7] pp. (Wentworth photos + envelope); [16] pp. (Fischli/Weiss) + (pictorial envelope) + (manila envelope)

14 vol. : 31.9 x 24 cm. (envelope); 32 x 24.2 cm. (manila envelope) ; 29 x 21 cm. (Catalogue); n/a (Plats du jour); 21 x 14.8 cm. (Bouabré books); 9.3 x 14.9 cm. (Bouabré cards); 22.8 x 16 cm. (glassine envelope); 21 x 14.8 cm. (Feldmann); 7 x 11.5 cm. (Gette); 22.9 x 30 cm. (Paeffgen); 20 x 14.5 cm. (Signer); 10.1 x 14.9 cm. (Wentworth photos); 11.9 x 22.5 cm. (Wentworth envelope); 20.2 x 29.5 cm. (Fischli/Weiss)

Munich / Stuttgart, Germany: Oktagon Verlag,
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$750.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. THIS COPY DOES NOT INCLUDE "PLATS DU JOUR," BY CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI. Rubbing of edges of World Soup catalogue. Light bumping, 1 cm. dog-ear and light yellowing of Wentworth photo envelope. 3 cm. and 2 cm. yellow staining to recto of Signer publication. Edge-wear and surface scratching to Fischli/Weiss brochure. Rubbing, light yellowing and light bumping of corners of Paeffgen print. Significant bumping and rubbing of edges and corners of pictorial envelope and moderate bumping, creasing, and staining of manila envelope. Additional contents Fine, clean and unmarked. Priced "as-is."
[Object # 36690]