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Les Aventures d'el Momo
Maurice Lemaitre
Lemaitre's pop-surrealist May '68 comic. Reader fills in the blanks.
1968
Rubber Vol. 4, Issue #1: Table-project
Pim Wiersinga
Exhibition detail for Robin Crozier's Table-project. His stamp sequences are "reminiscent of mail-art projects".
1981
Artpolice (Fall 1982)
Frank Gaard
"An unconscious (for better or worse) art journal concerned primarily with possibility of art in a world on the brink of extinction."
1982
Artpolice (Summer 1986)
Frank Gaard
"I am an art student. I have a $600 tuition bill to prove it. Dad worked hard in his corporation to get me here."
1986
Folk Art of Oceania
Maurice Leenhardt
Art historical examination of Oceanic art. Masks, sculpture, pottery from Guinea, Tonga, Easter Island, and more.
1950
Theory of Misery, Misery of Theory
Daniel Denevert
Denevert describes, in retrospect, the fruits and failures of the Situationists' "organized theoretical effort".
1973
Sabot Vol. 1, Issue #5
Seattle Liberation Front
"This issue of Sabot is created by over one-hundred Seattle women".
1970
Idiolects #11
Collective for Living Cinema
Illustration, poetry, and experimental prose from Manhattan's Living Cinema group.
1981
Local Heroes
Burlington Cultural Center
Canadian correspondence artists honor their heroes. Catalogue for the exhibition held at Burlington's Cultural Center (ON).
1989
Kerger Immer Arger
Alfred Kerger
Self-published account of Alfred Kerger's art actions, correspondence, and interventions in the '80s.
1991
Implications
Isaac Cronin
Critiques of "Vaneigism", a review of "Anti-Situationist Maneuvers", and recorded correspondence between Bay Area Situs Cronin, Shutes, Knabb.
1975
IWW Financial Statement, June 1964
Industrial Workers of the World
Bookkeeping statement for the IWW, mid-'60s. Cover illustration by Carlos Cortez.
1964
Botswana Live
The Botswana Society
Text for the National Museum's 1993 exhibition of Botswanian folk art. Emphasis on traditional art and craft-making, versus the emerging (Western) possibility of formal art education.
1993
Free Association
More to Come
Bay Area anarchists More to Come share their schema for a new society built on direct democracy, affinity organization, and revolutionary councils.
1972
Pinelli Assassinato
Europe-America Communication Service
EUCS write on the Pinelli assassination. Solidarity Bookshop reprint in collaboration with Chicago's Anarchist Black Cross.
1972
Point Blank #1
Point Blank
First publication by the the Bay Area's Point Blank. Ruminations on global pseudo-socialisms, the amplification of spectacle by technology, and concrete possibilities for resistance.
1972
Left Curve: Art & Revolution #8
Csaba Polony
First issue after a 4-year lapse. Essays and graphics discuss rationalism, culture in Nicaragua, photography, and the role of art in the labor movement.
1983
Left Curve: Art & Revolution #4
Richard Olsen
Summer 1975 publication discusses communal art possibilities, imperialism via art world, and proletarian film-making.
1975
Leviathan Vol. 2 No. 2
Leviathan
June 1970 edition of San Francisco's Leviathan discusses industry in the Midwest, black labor, and the guerrilla situations in Cuba, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
1970
Agit Prop: Performance in Banff
Lorne Falk
Documentation for Walter Phillips Gallery's "agitprop" performance series, featuring Rosler, et al. Discussion of the role of politics in art (and vice versa).
1982
Solidarity Bookshop (1971)
Solidarity Bookshop
1971 catalogue for Chicago's Solidarity Bookshop. Original publications, anarchist, Surrealist, and Situationist documents for sale.
1971
The Morning of a Machine Gun
Franklin Rosemont
"In poetry as in life I am for freedom and against slavery."
1968
Provo #12
Provo
In this issue: Vietnam War protest planning, polemics on China's "Culturele Revolutie", and an abundance of Provo-cative political cartoons.
1966
Provo #9
Provo
Provo imagine a new urbanism, discuss the conflict in Vietnam, and reprint newspaper snippets about their actions.
1966
On The Barricades (Journal for the Protection of All Beings #2)
Journal for the Protection of All Beings
Timely photo essay of '68 revolts, compiled for the American audience. The young make love, the old make obscene gestures.
1968
The Mass Strike In France, May-June 1968 (Root & Branch Pamphlet #3)
Informations Correspondance Ouvriere
English translation of ICO's analysis of the mass strikes in France, 1968. Emphasis on French capitalism and its unique student movement.
1970
Виктор Васнецов
Nadejda Chanina
Review of Viktor Vasnetsov's ouevre, ranging from depictions of St. Petersburg's suburbs to "epic historical compositions".
1979
Веселкові барви
Майя Николаевна Эссаулова
Rainbow colors. Showcase of Ukrainian decorative (folk) art: ceramics, sculpture, fibers.
1971
Paris: May 1968 (Solidarity Pamphlet #30)
Maurice Brinton
Workers Beware! Chris Pallis' diary of '68 strikes, published through Britain's libertarian Solidarity group.
1969
Харківський метрополітен
Будивельник
Soviet photo essay documents the art and architecture of Ukraine's Kharkiv Metro.
1981
Jan K. Elzinga en zijn mechanisch kunstwerk "Salomo's Eerste Rechtspraak"
K. Elzinga
Discussion of Jan K. Elzinga's mechanical puppetry, particularly his major work “Solomon's first judgment" (1900).
1978
Provo #7
Provo
Provo address urban/rural technocracy and warn against social atomization, drug use.
1966
La Plastique Lettriste Et Hypergraphique
Maurice Lemaitre
Lettrist and Hypergraphic Plastic. Lemaitre presents a visual poetry of symbols, maps, and graphics.
1956
Как оформить выставку в городе
В.П. Борисов
How to arrange an exhibition in the city. Late Soviet instruction for installing art in public.
1978
Программы московских Театров #9
Московское объединение театрально-зрелищных касс
Mid-50s survey of Moscow theater productions consisting of reviews, photographs, cast rundowns.
1954
Voices, Insistent Voices
Stuart McCarrell
McCarrell presents 33 vital poems dramatizing modern/ancient life, fit for performance or theater.
1990
Psycho Unity Gagged in the Puritan State
Frank Joseph Zirbel
Psycho Unity makes a second appearance. Comics originally serialized in Houston's Public News.
1989
Scrawls
Frank Joseph Zirbel
Zirbel's bike messenger street drawings and accompanying notes, '90-'95.
2003
At Maxwell Street
Tom Palazzolo
Palazzolo's artful homage to Maxwell Street during its cultural heyday. Vibrant collection of essays and photos.
2008
Clark Street
Tom Palazzolo
Palazzolo photo-documents Clark and surrounding neighborhoods in early '60s Chicago.
2019
One Big Union
Industrial Workers of the World
Wobblies argue, in this essay, for the necessity of industrial democracy and a unified, international working class.
1970
Техническая Пропаганда #19 (1935)
El Lissitzky
Technical propaganda review for a Soviet industrialism. In this issue, Trotsky appears alongside discussions of welding and bricklaying. Cover and type by Lissitzky.
1935
Техническая Пропаганда #18 (1934)
El Lissitzky
Post-revolution Soviet industrial magazine explores clocks, construction equipment, microscopes, and more. Cover/layout by Lissitzky.
1934
Trekt de schoen u aan?
Willet-Holthuysen Museum
Does the shoe attract you? Catalog for the Willet-Holthuysen Museum' 1957 exhibition of shoes and sandals.
1957
Kabouter Krant #12
Kabouters
In this edition, Kabouters on Dylan, Dutch education, and a nascent technology: the Computer.
1971
Ракурсы Родченко
Александр Лаврентьев
Survey of Rodchenko's photographic career, from Neues Sehen experimentation to forays into sports journalism, documenting public gatherings, etc.
1992
Provo #4
Provo
The Provo analyze Constant Nieuwenhuys' utopian constructions, specifically New Babylon, and call for an international provotariat.
1965
Provo #3
Provo
Provos discuss Eel riots in Jordaan, introduce the "Provohappening", review Swedish anarchist movements, and more.
Seriös
Galerie Wanda Reiff
Reiff collects, in her words, intriguing and confrontational art for this 1988 exhibition in Maastricht.
1988
Kunstenaars uit Brabant
Stedelijk Museum
Catalog for Stedelijk's 1958 exhibition of artists from Brabant. Images of figurative, abstract, and sculptural work.
1958
In USA Erbaut 1932-1944
Elizabeth Mock
German translation of MoMA's "Built in USA" exhibition. Survey of American architectural currents with appearances by Mies, Wright, et al.
1944
Front #3
Norman Macleod
Early proletarian literary review, contributions from USSR, Europe, and USA. Notably, poems by Mayakovsky, Bunting.
1931
Asahi Camera #12 (December 1967)
Asahi Camera
December 1967 issue of Asahi. Figures, humanistic scenes, and technical manuals for cameras.
1967
Asahi Camera #5 (May 1967)
Asahi Camera
May 1967 edition of Japan's longest-running photography magazine. Emphasis on nature and cityscapes.
1967
Art Ancien du Mexique et du Perou
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Documentation for Lyon's early '70s exhibition of ancient Mexican and Peruvian artifacts.
1971
1958
Charles Dessart
Artful exhibition documentation for Brussels' Expo 58, the first major World's Fair since World War II.
1958
Het Feest dat Wiegel Wilde
Paul Babeliowsky
Photo exposé of squatter riots in Amsterdam, triggered by the coronation of Queen Beatrix.
1980
Three Days That Shook the New World Order
Chicago Surrealist Group
Discussion of the revolutionary (proletarian) potential of LA's '92 riots.
1993
Naivi '87
Zagreb City Galleries Gallery of Primitive Art
Catalog for Zagreb's major outsider exhibition in 1987. Extensive introduction to international art brut.
1987
ArTRANDOM #50: From the Outsider Archive, London
Monika Kinley
Samples of American/European art brut (Darger, etc.), sourced from London's Outsider Archive.
1989
Visions Vol. 5 / We Are Not Alone
Rebecca Alban Hoffberger
Catalog for AVAM's 1999 exhibition on aliens, angels, and other outsiders.
2000
Gabba Gabba Gazette #9
Mary Alice Ramel
Winter-y GGG: Residents special, a fashion feature, and assorted New Wave gossip.
1978
Gabba Gabba Gazette #7
Mary Alice Ramel
La Mere Vipere punkers review Pink Flag, interview the Boomtown Rats, and gab about Joey Ramone.
1978
Ex Libris #13
Elaine Lustig Cohen
Art books catalog featuring listings for Lissitzky, Schwitters, Tschichold, and more.
1985
Banga
Vilnius Fashion House
Soviet fashion magazine showcasing prominent European styles.
1964
Overdub #4
Overdub
Greek alternative fanzine, highlights Smog, Mental Insect, Nick Cave, and everyone else.
1996
Industrial Worker Vol. 67 #4
Industrial Workers of the World
Early '70s copy of the Wobblies' official newspaper. Notes on "free enterprise", suggestions for boycott, and more.
1970
Artisan #1
Lee Calcote
Houston DIY rag exposes the city's underground: independent music, art, and a lively club scene.
1984
When Truth Was Called A Witch
Frank Joseph Zirbel
Zirbel's ink drawings accompany haunted Reagan quotes.
1989
Psycho Unity's First Notebook of Head Injury
Frank Joseph Zirbel
Do you want a career in modeling?
1985
Arsenal #4
Chicago Surrealist Group
Final edition of the Rosemonts' Arsenal. Surrealism in service of poetry, revolution, dreams.
1989
Recent Painting USA: The Figure
Museum of Modern Art
Early '60s figurative exhibition at MoMA feat. Sabine friend Elinore Schnurr.
1962
The Twenty-first International Exhibition of Water Colors
Art Institute of Chicago
550 artworks from the Art Institute's 21st watercolor exhibition. 12 works are printed.
1942
Provo #15
Provo
Bikes, statues, and dynamite. The Provo strategize their next actions.
1967
Surrealism: The Octopus-Typewriter #1
Chicago Surrealist Group
Well, what are you going to do about it? - Jacques Vaché
1978
Maurice Lemaitre: Lettriste
Sandro Ricaldone
Catalogue for Galleria Peccoli's Lemaître exhibition in Italy.
2002
Provos & Kabouters
Rudolf de Jong
Exposition on Provos and Kabouters, Dutch anarchists with carnivalesque tactics.
1979
Vague #16-17
Tom Vague
Vague writes (frantically) on Psychic TV, Angry Brigade, and Euro-tourism.
1988
Sabotage: Its History, Philosophy, & Function
Walker Smith
Black Swan reprint (1967) of Walker Smith's guidebook for worker insubordination.
1917
Bread & Roses #5
Industrial Workers of the World
Autumn 2000 edition of the IWW union magazine. Writing on trade unions, Blair, strike tactics, and more.
2000
General Strike France 1968
Andrée Hoyles
Factory-by-factory account of strike actions in France, 1968.
1970
An Anarchist Communist Program
Errico Malatesta
IWW reprint of Malatesta's Anarchist Programme. Call for insurrectionary struggle.
1920
Anarchy #78 (August 1967)
Colin Ward
Towards a Liberatory Technology, by Murray Bookchin (as Lewis Herber).
1967
Initiation à la Haute Volupté
Isidore Isou
Initiation to high pleasure. Collection of erotic drawings and Lettrist symbols.
1960
Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide (Vol. III, No. VII)
Armin Lehmann
Oct 1967 edition of Chicago Gallery Guide.
1967
Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide (Vol. III, No. IV)
Armin Lehmann
Apr 1967 edition of Chicago Gallery Guide.
1967
Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide (Vol. III, No. III)
Armin Lehmann
Mar 1967 edition of Chicago Gallery Guide.
1967
Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide (Vol. III, No. II)
Armin Lehmann
Feb 1967 edition of Chicago Gallery Guide.
1967
Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide (Vol. II, No. VI)
Armin Lehmann
Summer 1966 edition of Chicago Gallery Guide.
1966
Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide (Vol. II, No. V)
Armin Lehmann
May 1966 edition of Chicago Gallery Guide.
1966
Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide (Vol. II, No. IV)
Armin Lehmann
Apr 1966 edition of Chicago Gallery Guide.
1966
Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide (Vol. II, No. II)
Armin Lehmann
Feb 1966 edition of Chicago Gallery Guide.
1966
Midwestern Art Reviews & Chicago Gallery Guide (Vol. II, No. I)
Armin Lehmann
Jan 1966 edition of Chicago Gallery Guide.
1966
Daughter of the Nile (April 1955)
Doria Shafik
April '55 edition of Bint al Nill, Shafik's liberatory fashion magazine from Cairo.
1955
Daughter of the Nile (January 1955)
Doria Shafik
January '55 edition of Bint al Nill, Shafik's liberatory fashion magazine from Cairo.
1955
Daughter of the Nile (March 1955)
Doria Shafik
March '55 edition of Bint al Nill, Shafik's liberatory fashion magazine from Cairo.
1955
Daughter of the Nile (June 1955)
Doria Shafik
June '55 edition of Bint al Nill, Shafik's liberatory fashion magazine from Cairo.
1955
Daughter of the Nile (December 1955)
Doria Shafik
December '55 edition of Bint al Nill, Shafik's liberatory fashion magazine from Cairo.
1955
Daughter of the Nile (May 1955)
Doria Shafik
May '55 edition of Bint al Nill, Shafik's liberatory fashion magazine from Cairo.
1955
The Decline and Fall of the Spectacular Commodity-Economy
Situationist International
Situationist examination of Los Angeles' Watts riots in '65.
1965
On the Poverty of Student Life
Situationist International
Strasbourg students apply Situationist critique to university life.
1968
Anarchist Youth #3
Charles Radcliffe
Syndicalist magazine born from Anarchist Student. Writing on economy, nonviolence, permanent strike.
1963
The Rebel Worker #6
Charles Radcliffe
First (only) English edition of Rebel Worker, penned in Radcliffe's London flat.
1966
Cultural Correspondence #12-14
Paul Buhle
Last issue of CC. Comics by Crumb, Rosemonts on surrealism, and more.
1981
Cultural Correspondence #10-11
Paul Buhle
Special issue discussing surrealism and popular culture, from Lautréamont to Marx to Bugs Bunny.
1979
Leaving the 20th Century
Christopher Gray
Compilation of Situationist materials from the English section.
1974
King Mob Echo
Tom Vague
Texts from the Situationist milieu in London.
2000
The Match #78
Fred Woodworth
Surrealism, Subversion, Strange Reviews, Dream World, Work, Boredom & Unemployment.
1983
International Surrealist Bulletin #4
Surrealist Group In England
Mid-30s report on surrealist activities in England.
1936
Heatwave #2
Charles Radcliffe
Charles Radcliffe's pre-Situationist mimeograph. Emphasis on pop culture critique.
1966
Marvelous Freedom, Vigilance of Desire
Chicago Surrealist Group
Exhibition text for the World Surrealist Exhibition in Chicago, 1976.
1976