Raymond Pettibon | Thinking of You

Raymond Pettibon

Thinking of You (Special Edition)

Chicago, USA: Renaissance Society, 1999

31.5 × 23.6 cm

Edition of 53

Produced in conjunction with Pettibon’s first North American museum exhibition at the Renaissance Society in 1998, this title features 115 illustrations of Pettibon's pen and ink drawings of phallic silhouettes, accompanied by texts and text fragments.

The Special Edition features additional quick drawings and texts in pen, by Pettibon. The work is available from the publisher, here, for between $1500 and $17500, depending on the edition number. 

"This special edition was made impromptu, and the gestural, almost automatic or stream-of-consciousness fragments of text and image reflect this spontaneous energy. While installing the exhibition, Pettibon produced 53 hand-annotated unique books, made to benefit the museum by drawing through the pages of the show’s accompanying monograph. The corresponding exhibition itself featured over 600 drawings, reflecting the artist’s intensely prolific nature and approach to image-making."

- Renaissance Society

Kara Walker | Canisters

Kara Walker

Canisters

Chicago, USA: The Renaissance Society, 1997

29 × 12 × 12 cm.

Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies

A set of six glass canisters etched with a single tableau image of Walker's signature silhouettes. 

Produced for the Renaissance Society, in conjunction with Walker's exhibition, “Presenting Negro Scenes Drawn Upon My Passage Through The South And Reconfigured For The Benefit Of Enlightened Audiences Wherever Such May Be Found, By Myself, Missus K.E.B. Walker, Colored”.

A set of these recently sold or $18,750, against an estimate of between only three and five thousand. 

Raymond Pettibon | Thinking of You

Raymond Pettibon
Thinking of You
Chicago, USA: The Renaissance Society, 1998
[232] pp., 31 x 23.5 cm., hardcover
Edition of 2000

Produced in conjunction with Pettibon’s first North American museum exhibition at the Renaissance Society in 1998, this title features 115 illustrations of Pettibon's pen and ink drawings of phallic silhouettes, accompanied by texts and text fragments.

Available from Printed Matter, here, for $50.00 US.

Pettibon turns 62 today.

Jenny Holzer Sushi Plate

Jenny Holzer
[Protect Me From What I Want]
Chicago, USA: The Renaissance Society, 1997
5 x 56 x 36 cm.
Edition of 25

A Sushi Platter with the artist's signature Truism etched into it. The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago produced a series of functional objects by artist for it's annual fundraiser, including dinner plates by Ed Paschke and dry-goods canisters by Kara Walker.

Rodney Graham | Champagne Glasses

Rodney Graham 

Champagne Glasses 

Chicago, USA: The Renaissance Society, 1997 

Set of two 

Edition of 100 

"A Champagne Flute is the perfect vehicle for an artist obsessed with corrupting civilization according to its own rules. Vancouver-based conceptual artist Rodney Graham has been keenly corrupting great works of literature, art and music based on their internal logic. For The Renaissance Society, Graham has converted the Robinson Crusoe-esque character from his stunnuing Venice Bienale film installation into a delightful tipsy monogram poetically described as forever never level." 

(Remarkably) still available (15 years later) for $150 plus shipping, from the publisher, here.