Section Set by Ian Wilson (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition of 500. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. [16] recto printed leaves. Printed stiff wrappers. Front and rear wrap corners creased, crown of spine lightly bumped. Very Good.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Limited to 500. [66 p.]. 22 cm. White paperback. Faint dampstain to lower spine, bottom edge, and bottom margins. Repeated on each leaf: "The known is unknown and unknown and known. That it is unknown is unknown and known and unknown.".

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 21,8×13,8 cm. Softcover. Unpaginated. Artist's book featuring variations on a single sentence. Limited edition of 500 copies. Uncommon. // Fresh and unread copy.

Softcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. B : 21.3 x 14 cm, 68 pages, limited edition of 500 Ex. - The known is unknown and unknown and known. That it is unknown is unknown and known and unknown. Thus begins a series of sentences that fill the pages - one per page with slight alterations - of this book.

Brossura. Condition: ottimo. prima edizione. WILSON Ian (Durban, South Africa 1940 - 2020) New York, Ian Wilson, [Lecturis bv, Eindhoven], 1984, 21,5x14 cm, paperback, pp. [68], artist's book with typographic cover containing 64 statements by the artist. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Art Metropole in Toronto in 1984. Edition of 500 copies.

[16] leaves, printed on rectos only. 8vo, printed white softcover, title on spine. New York: Self-published; Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1984. Uncommon artist's book by Conceptual artist Ian Wilson (1940-2020); from an edition of 500 copies. "Wilson has also produced a number of artist books, each simply titled Section followed by a number. The word 'section' reminds me of how nations organize their constitutions according to 'acts' and 'sections.' [] Linguistically, a section also always implies a pre-existing whole. A section can only be derived from a whole. Chapters have a different connotation in that they are like building blocks toward a whole. After all, a chapter can be incomplete while a section is always complete to the extent that it is a section. As such, naming his artist's books Section followed by a number is homologically related to Buddhist or Hindu sutras, collections of canonical texts that were then assembled into a book of teachings."Ken Lum, "Ian Wilson: From Chalk Circle to Full Circle" in Everything is Relevant, Writings on Art and Life, 1991-2018 (2020), p. 241. Section 31, Set 22: "Known and / unknown as / known and / unknown that / which is / known and / unknown is / not known / and unknownKnown and / unknown as / known and / unknown that / which is / not known / and unknown / is known and unknown" In fine condition. ? Ian Wilson: The Discussions (2008), p. 173.

[34] leaves. 8vo, printed white softcover, title on spine, perfect-bound. New York: Self-published; Toronto: Art Metropole/David Bellman, 1984. Artist's book by Conceptual artist Ian Wilson (1940-2020), now scarce; printed in an edition of 500 copies. "Wilson has also produced a number of artist books, each simply titled Section followed by a number. The word 'section' reminds me of how nations organize their constitutions according to 'acts' and 'sections.' [] Linguistically, a section also always implies a pre-existing whole. A section can only be derived from a whole. Chapters have a different connotation in that they are like building blocks toward a whole. After all, a chapter can be incomplete while a section is always complete to the extent that it is a section. As such, naming his artist's books Section followed by a number is homologically related to Buddhist or Hindu sutras, collections of canonical texts that were then assembled into a book of teachings."Ken Lum, "Ian Wilson: From Chalk Circle to Full Circle" in Everything is Relevant, Writings on Art and Life, 1991-2018 (2020), p. 241. Section 34, 2nd Set, 1983: "The known is unknown and unknown and known. That it is unknown is unknown and known and unknownThe unknown is unknown and known and unknown. That it is unknown is unknown and known and unknown" Fine copy. Among American institutions, WorldCat shows holdings of this book at: Museum of Modern Art (NY), Getty, UC-Santa Barbara, Southington Public Library (CT), and U. Wisconsin-Eau Claire. ? Ian Wilson: The Discussions (2008), p. 173. A. Moeglin-Delcroix, Esthétique du Livre d'artiste: Introduction à l'art contemporain (2nd ed.: 2012), pp. 174 (pictured).