Ben Vautier
Total Art Matchbox
New York City, USA: Fluxus, [circa] 1966
1.2 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Edition size unknown
A box of matches the instructions:
“USE THESE MATCHS TO DESTROY ALL ART — MUSEUMS ART LIBRARY’S — READY — MADES POP — ART AND AS I BEN SIGNED EVERYTHING WORK OF ART — BURN — ANYTHING — KEEP LAST MATCH FOR THIS MATCHBOX”
Vautier described the work to Jon Hendricks in 1984 as "A Non-Art Anti-Art concept and rejoins [Gustav] Metzger etc. in Destruction Art".
The multiple was primarily distributed as part of the Fluxyearbox 2, from 1966.
The box was re-issued as a matchbook by Lightworks Magazine, in 1984. See below, and earlier post, here.
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