Gerhard Rühm
Hans und Helga

1971

EB20

Sliding text, wood
16.5 x 16.5 x 2 cm

Edition of 30, signed

available with the edition "En Bloc"

part of portfolio En Bloc more editions by Gerhard Rühm

Multiple by Gerhard Rühm. Sliding text: white wooden box with white sliding cubes bearing women's and men's names. In black on the front of the box: gerhard rühm: hans and helga. a sliding text. 1964

Before his solo exhibition Gerhard Rühm. Briefbilder, Fotomontagen, Zeitungscollagen, Selektionen, “Johnson’s Sorgenfalten”, Decollagen, Reparationsversuche, Lesbierinnen at Galerie René Block in 1968, the writer, artist and musician Gerhard Rühm took part in the gallery’s activities early on, such as the Musikfestival at Berlin’s Forum Theater in 1966 or as one of the pianists performing in the 19-hour European premiere of Erik Satie’s Vexations in the same year. Rühm took part in the Edition En Bloc (EB20) with a text object from 1964, which was conceived as a sliding text and produced in 1971 in an edition of 30 copies. In a wooden frame there are 15 wooden blocks, each with a male or female name printed on it, which can be combined as desired by sliding the blocks. The name of the artist and the title and year of the edition are printed on the front of the frame.
Text: Katrin Seemann

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