Tom Friedman | Zombie

Tom Friedman 

Zombie

New York City, USA: Rodney Hill Editions, 1997

16 × 16 × 16 cm.

Edition of 15 signed and numbered copies [+ 3 APs]

A painted wood plinth with a motorized kid's toy wheel at the base, allowing it to roam freely. 

This week on Tumblr: Parkett Editions

Based out of Zurich, Switzerland, Parkett magazine publishes thrice a year and has a circulation of 12,000. Founded in the early '80's, the periodical has ran features on Laurie Anderson, Richard Artschwager, Meret Oppenheim, Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois, Francesco Clemente, Dennis Oppenheim, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Gilbert and George, Rebecca Horn, Ilya Kabakov, Jeff Koons, Brice Marden, Bruce Nauman, Meret Oppenheim, Ann Hamilton, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince, Richard Serra, Hanne Darboven, Mariko Mori, Robert Mapplethorpe, Brice Marden, John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, Ed Ruscha, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Nancy Spero, and many others.

Each artist highlighted in the magazine creates a special signed and numbered artwork, exclusive to Parkett.

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American Bricolage

(Todd Alden, ed)
American Bricolage
New York, USA: Sperone Westwater Gallery, 2000
unpaginated, 27 x 21 cm., paperback, ringbound
Edition of 875 numbered copies


Assembled by curator Todd Alden (whose other projects include Collector's Shit and the traveling Sonic Youth exhibition Sonic Matters, Sonic Kollaborations) this group exhibition catalogue features contributions from Hope Atherton, Chris Burden, Greg Colson, Wim Delvoye, Tom Friedman, Tim Hawkinson, Toland Grinnell, Jon Kessler, Tom Sachs, and Richard Wentworth. The exhibition, co-curated by Alden and David Leiber, was held at Sperone Westwater, New York, from November 2nd to December 22nd, 2000.

Each copy is somewhat unique, hand assembled with collaged front and back covers (duct taped) by Tom Sachs. The title is bound in cardboard, and contains 10 plastic sleeves, each with documentation by a different artist. A front cover pocket contains a booklet with a text by Alden, the back cover includes a stapled illustrated checklist and 2 business cards, 1 for Sachs, 1 for the gallery and attached to the verso is a sealed plastic "invoice/packing list" pouch. Other contents include artists' drawings, faxes and ephemera, including a reproduction of Wim Delvoye's hotel stationary lipstick asshole prints.

Available at Printed Matter for $175, here, from the publisher for $150, here and on Ebay for $425, here. The Ebay copy is signed by Tom Sachs.