Allen Ruppersberg Object Great Speckled Bird Gemini g.e.l. Rolled Screenprint

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A contemporary screenprint on rolled paper. Described as an ‘object’ with compliments that cleverly documents the “Great Speckled Bird” exhibition … Read more A contemporary screenprint on rolled paper. Described as an ‘object’ with compliments that cleverly documents the “Great Speckled Bird” exhibition – a collaboration with Allen Ruppersberg and Gemini G.E.L. “Folksongs, transcribed anonymously, are combined with vintage hotel stationary and screenprinted onto a player piano roll perforated into a Southern hymn of the same name.” Signed in the plate and dated 2013. Provenance: Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor. Dimensions: 4.75’h x 2”w x 2.25. In good vintage condition.
Allen Ruppersberg (1944- ) is an American conceptual artist based in Los Angeles and New York City. He is one of the first generation of American conceptual artists that changed the way art was thought about and made. His work includes paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, installations and books. Since the late 1960s, his work has been the subject of over sixty solo exhibitions and nearly 200 group shows. In 1985, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles organized an exhibition of Ruppersberg's work, which subsequently traveled to the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. His work can be found in permanent collections of museums internationally. See less