ULAY
Renais sense instant.
Includes: Volume 1, June 1974, 2 sheets printed both sides. Moderate soiling on upper right corner else very good. Volume 2, September 1974, 3 sheets, printed both sides. Inserted is a transparent flexi-disc 33.3 rpm by Ulay and Willem Breuker produced by Seriaal in an edition of 300. Bottom part of 2 sheets stuck, otherwise a fine copy. Volume 3, December 1974, 3 sheets. Two sheets printed both sides, one sheet printed single side. Moderate creasing along folds else very good. Added is a postcard 'Ulay 1943-1974. Mein Abschied als einzige Person' dated December 25 1974, 15 x 10 cm, printed black on white card. Ulay devised his own obituary card (My Farewell as a Single Person), which marks the beginning of his intense collaboration with Marina Abramović and the symbolic suicide of his Ego. Important artwork and document, in mint condition. Also includes a subscription card for the Renais sense publication and an original Seriaal envelope (with age wear) addressed to the former owner, Tjeerd Deelstra. Frank Uwe Laysiepen (1943-2020) known professionally as Ulay, was a German artist based in Amsterdam and Ljubljana, who received international recognition for his performance and Polaroid art and collaborative performance art with longtime companion Marina Abramović. Ulay’s Renais sense series of autobiographical collages in the early 70s was a seminal early example of performative gender (crossing) exploration in the arts.
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