GENERAL IDEA 1969-1994
9101
AIDS (Project for Seattle Arts Commission) 1991
Screenprint on adhesive-backed vinyl: 610 x 2235 mm
Edition of approximately 100, unsigned and unnumbered
Published by Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle
Produced for the trams of Seattle as part of the public art project In Public: Seattle 1991.
See 9001.
9102
BLANŠ/BLANŠ/BLANŠ 1991
Screenprint on wallpaper in cardboard tube with plastic caps, label (offset, embossing on paper)
Tube: 736 x 50 (diam.) mm; roll: 690 x 40 (diam.) mm; unrolled: 4572 x 690 mm
Edition of 35 plus A/Ps, signed and numbered
Published by Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Produced as a fundraising edition for the Kölnischer Kunstverein. This is a white-on-white version of the AIDS Wallpaper.
See 8910, 8919, 9406.
9103
Blue (Cobalt) PLAŠEBO 1991
Gouache on computer print-out, chromogenic print
in aluminum box, 2 labels (photocopy on colour
adhesive-backed paper): 320 x 230 x 25 mm
Edition of 3 plus 1 A/P, signed and numbered
Self-published
Contains a self-portrait of General Idea that was
produced as an edition and titled Playing Doctor (1992) the next year. Blue (Cobalt) PLAŠEBO, Green (Permanent) PLAŠEBO
and Red (Cadmium) PLAŠEBO reproduce
all the arrangements of "pills" in the installations of the same names.
See 9106, 9115, 9210.
9104
Cartouché 1991
Chenille, embroidery on crest-shaped felt: 240 x 210 mm
Unlimited edition (less than 100 produced), unsigned and unnumbered
Self-published
See 8807-8811, 8818, 8911, 8917, 9112.
9105
Gesundheit (Why Not Sneeze Lucio Fontana?) 1991
2 found post cards, one cut, Kleenex-brand packaged
tissue, in plastic box: 110 x 150 x 20 mm
Unlimited edition (about 100 produced), signed
(rubber-stamped), unnumbered
Published by Buchholz + Schipper and Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne
The post cards reproduce Lucio Fontana's Raumkonzept Erwartungen (1960/61), collection of Ludwig Museum, Cologne. One of the cards is
rubber-stamped with General Idea's name, title,
date, and publishers.
9106
Green (Permanent) PLAŠEBO 1991
Gouache on computer print-out, chromogenic print
in aluminum box, 2 labels (photocopy on colour
adhesive-backed paper): 320 x 230 x 25 mm
Edition of 3 plus 1 A/P, signed and numbered
Self-published
Contains a self-portrait of General Idea that was
produced as an edition and titled Playing Doctor (1992) the next year. Green (Permanent)
PLAŠEBO, Blue (Cobalt) PLAŠEBO and Red (Cadmium) PLAŠEBO reproduce all the arrangements of "pills" in the installations of the same names.
See 9103, 9115, 9210.
9107
Imagevirus (Amsterdam) 1991
Chromogenic print: 760 x 504 mm
Edition of 6 plus 1 A/P, signed and numbered
Self-published
Documents General Idea's AIDS project for the trams in Amsterdam. The various Imagevirus works are based on an Absolut Vodka advertising campaign.
See 8915, 8916, 9001, 9108, 9109.
9108
Imagevirus (Hamburg) 1991
Chromogenic print: 760 x 504 mm
Edition of 6 plus 1 A/P, signed and numbered
Self-published
Documents General Idea's AIDS sculpture (1989) on a shopping street in Hamburg; the sculpture was intended to
collect graffiti and other detritus as part of a public dialogue. The various Imagevirus works are based on an Absolut Vodka advertising campaign.
See 8901, 8915, 8916, 9107, 9109.
9109
Imagevirus (New York Subway) 1991
Chromogenic print: 760 x 504 mm
Edition of 6 plus 1 A/P, signed and numbered
Self-published
Documents General Idea's AIDS poster project for the New York City subway system. The various Imagevirus works are based on an Absolut Vodka advertising
campaign.
See 8909, 8915, 8916, 9107, 9108.
9110
Jockey Short Shopping Bag 1991/98
Altered Jockey-brand undershorts,
machine-embroidered label, offset post card,
title sheet (photocopy on paper), in zip-lock
plastic bag
Bag: 358 x 235 mm; undershorts: 770 x 400 mm (flat)
Edition of 100 plus 20 A/Ps, signed and numbered
(on machine-embroidered label)
Published by Texte zur Kunst (edition # 31), Cologne (now Berlin)
A Jockey company advertising post card is included. The title card is a photocopy of the project's original drawing made on a sheet of "Basilisk Hotel, Basel"
letterhead. The signature and numbers on the
embroidered labels have completely faded with time and were replaced with signatures on the title card.
9111
Maracaibo 1991
Set of 10 chromogenic prints (Ektachrome), title sheet (high-contrast blueprint on paper), in portfolio box
with gold hot-stamping
Box: 535 x 646 x 30 mm; each 508 x 610 mm
Edition of 10 plus 3 A/Ps and 2 P/Ps, signed and
numbered
Published by Elizabeth Koury, New York, and
S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto
Reproduces found snapshots from Venezuela of men
of various racial mixes each posed in front of a collage of "girlie" centrefolds and posters of left-wing heroes.
The title sheet includes a text by General Idea. The chromogenic prints are individually titled:
a. De espaol y de indio nace mestizo
b. De espaol y de negro sale mulato
c. De negro y indio sale lobo
d. De mulato y mestizo sale cuarteron
e. Mulato y indio engendran capamulato
f. De espaol y mulato sale morisco
g. De lobo y indio sale sambujo
h. De cuarteron y mestizo nace coyote
i. De morisco y espaol sale albino
j. De coyote y morisco sale albarazado
9112
Passion Over Reason 1991
Chenille and embroidery on crest-shaped felt:
240 x 205 mm
Unlimited edition (less than 100 produced), unsigned and unnumbered
Self-published
See 8807-8811, 8818, 8911, 8917, 9104.
9113
PLAŠEBO (Calendar for Interview magazine) 1991
Offset on paper (project for Interview, March 1991,
p. 148): 370 x 277 mm
Edition size unknown, unsigned and unnumbered
Published by Interview, New York
Artists' calendar produced for Interview. Reproduces a collage of pharmaceutical pills superimposed on General Idea's version of a March 1991 calendar.
9114
PLAŠEBO Pin 1991/96
Enamel on metal lapel pin: 15 x 40 x 15 mm
First edition: edition of approximately 300 (with
gold infill), unsigned and unnumbered; second edition: edition of 295 (with silver infill), unsigned and
unnumbered
Self-published
The first edition was published in 1991 and the second edition in 1996.
9115
Red (Cadmium) PLAŠEBO 1991
Gouache on computer print-out, chromogenic print
in aluminum box, 2 labels (photocopy on colour
adhesive-backed paper): 320 x 230 x 25 mm
Edition of 3 plus 1 A/P, signed and numbered
Self-published
Contains a self-portrait of General Idea that was
produced as an edition and titled Playing Doctor (1992) the next year. Red (Cadmium) PLAŠEBO, Blue (Cobalt) PLAŠEBO
and Green (Permanent) PLAŠEBO
reproduce all the arrangements of "pills" in the installations of the
same names.
See 9103, 9106, 9210.
9116
´en Scarf 1991
Screenprint on crpe-de-Chine scarf, title card
(offset on paper), in black linen-covered card box
with gold hot-stamping
Box: 380 x 380 x 25 mm; scarf: 1400 x 1400 mm
Edition of 48, signed and numbered
Published by Massimo De Carlo Arte Contemporanea, Milan