JOHN M ARMLEDER, White Plate, 2020 [dinner plate]

JOHN M ARMLEDER, White Plate, 2020
2 x 27 x 27 cm
porcelain
signed and dated in glaze
limited amount of solely saucer-and-cup out of an edition of 500
condition: mint
p.o.r.

 

John M Armleder is one of the most well known Swiss artists of today. In the eighties he was called the Neo-Geo Pope after he initiated a group exhibition “Art Abstrait” that created a rouse for being reactionary. Armleder is known for leaving paintings and objects as they come. He makes these works without hardly any interaction. With “White Plate” he leaves the porcelain design of a plate undecorated asking attention for the void and its power of nothingness. The work is ‘already made’ as Marcel Duchamp originally called his first readymades.

DAVID HORVITZ, Mood disorder, 2015

DAVID HORVITZ, Mood disorder, 2015
35 x 25 cm
SC, 72 pp., stapled
edition 2000
condition: very good
published by Chert, Berlin/Motto Books, Berlin-Lausanne/New Documents, Los Angeles-Vancouver
inv.DHor 000-pr
 

David Horvitz’s self-portrait with his head in his hands, ocean waves crashing in the background, was initially uploaded by him to the Wikimedia Commons, and placed on various Wikipedia pages. Mood Disorder documents the appropriation of David Horvitz’s photograph across the internet. The image began to circulate more intensely, appearing on over a hundred websites as a “stock” photo to illustrate articles on a wide range of mental health and wellness issues.

This artist’s book is still available at various selling venues.

JOHN M ARMLEDER, White Plate, 2020 [dinner plates, cups and saucers]

JOHN M ARMLEDER, White Plate, 2020
dinner plates, cup and saucers
set of 24 parts
all signed and dated in glaze; in 4 original cardboard boxes
limited edition 500
€ 495,- plus € 65,- Track and Trace EU registered mail,
incl. plywood crate or cardboard box 60 x 40 x 40 cm
inv.JMA Coffret01-pr

 

John M Armleder is known for leaving things as they come. While they come the objects of his choice seem to help him out of what to do with them. Paintings are poured over, debris come together and form obviously a natural sculpture.
For this edition the form, presence and sparkling whiteness helped the artist to decide to leave it all alone as it is and to add merely a title to the set of objects: “White Plate”. KvG