General Idea, Middelburg Tile, original design drawing. Plus correspondence, 1985. Signed

Artist: General Idea: Jorge Zontal, AA Bronson, Felix Partz

Publisher: Bureau cultuur gemeente Middelburg

Year: 1985

 

Hand-painted ceramic tile

Catalogue, 22 pages plus cover, blue-and-white reproductions Cardboard box with blue stamping foil.
Size of the box: 215 x 215 x 20 mm

Size of the tile: 150 x 150 x 4 mm

Edition of 200, signed and numbered
This is number: 187/200.

Condition: as new (See photographs)

 

Original drawing on vellum.

Size: 350 x 280 mm

 

Instruction letter by Felix Partz (General Idea)

Size: 217 x 280 mm

 

General Idea (Middelburg Tile) 1985

Produced to accompany the installation Khroma Key Klub: the Blue Ruins from the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion, created for the exhibition Remnants of the Miss General Idea Pavillion in De Vleeshal, Middelburg, 19 January - 10 February 1985.

The half-poodle/mermaid is a comment on the province of Zeeland's shield, a lion wrestling with waves.
Catalogue texts by Andreas Oosthoek, and interview by Peter van Beveren.