Double-sided, accordion-folded announcement card promoting exhibitions curated by Nancy Spero (Burning in Hell, September 27-December 14, 1991) and Richard Prince (Feel Good, January 10-May 29, 1992). 5.5” x 12” unfolded. A noteworthy piece of early-1990s New York art ephemera, ingeniously designed to function as two exhibition announcements in one. One side presents Nancy Spero's fevently political Burning in Hell, addressing war, sexism, racism, homophobia, and social violence; the reverse offers Richard Prince's characteristically deadpan reassurance: "Everything's in books. The books I've selected for the exhibition hopefully will make people feel good." Produced for Franklin Furnace's influential Food for Thought residency program, which invited artists to curate exhibitions from its collection of artists' books. With photographic portraits of both artists. A concise example of two divergent currents in contemporary art—feminist activism and Pictures Generation irony—issued by one of New York's most important alternative spaces. Minimal rubbing and apparently uncirculated. Increasingly elusive, especially in this condition.
Double-sided, accordion-folded announcement card promoting exhibitions curated by Nancy Spero (Burning in Hell, September 27-December 14, 1991) and Richard Prince (Feel Good, January 10-May 29, 1992). 5.5” x 12” unfolded. A noteworthy piece of early-1990s New York art ephemera, ingeniously designed to function as two exhibition announcements in one. One side presents Nancy Spero's fevently political Burning in Hell, addressing war, sexism, racism, homophobia, and social violence; the reverse offers Richard Prince's characteristically deadpan reassurance: "Everything's in books. The books I've selected for the exhibition hopefully will make people feel good." Produced for Franklin Furnace's influential Food for Thought residency program, which invited artists to curate exhibitions from its collection of artists' books. With photographic portraits of both artists. A concise example of two divergent currents in contemporary art—feminist activism and Pictures Generation irony—issued by one of New York's most important alternative spaces. Minimal rubbing and apparently uncirculated. Increasingly elusive, especially in this condition.
