Portfolio

Dem Frieden eine Form geben

1985

Large-format canvas box with prints by Joseph Beuys, KP Brehmer, John Cage, Robert Filliou, Nam June Paik, André Thomkins, Lawrence Weiner, Emmett Williams

Edition of 50, signed and numbered
Edition A: 30 copies (numbered 1/30 – 30/30)
Edition B: 20 copies (numbered I/XX – XX/XX)

Edition A only available with the other three portfolios
Edition B 12.000 Euro
Selected prints available individually

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A gray canvas cassette lies on a gray background. The cassette has black lettering that reads: DEM FRIEDEN EINE FORM GEBEN (Giving Peace a Form).
Work by Joseph Beuys. On a white sheet is written: HISTORY : The Pool. They saw the blood on the site and they laughed. Beuys has handwritten “I saw” and “I laughed” in pencil above it
Etching by KP Brehmer. Drawing of a transparent cuboid with amorphous structures inside. Colored dots are also glued onto the sheet
Work of art by John Cage. A straight, torn black cardboard is in a wooden frame with glass panes on both sides. The cardboard fills three quarters of the frame, and you can see through the torn quarter
Small drawing by Robert Filliou on squared paper in a passe-partout shows a suggested globe, below which is the sentence WANTING PEACE PREPARING FOR WAR. The “WAR” is crossed out and “PEACE” is written next to it
Artwork by Nam June Paik. A photograph in sepia shows a military brass band at the beginning of the 20th century. Paik has drawn the shape of a screen and some flying birds over it in chalk and written the name Otto
Etching in passe-partout by the artist André Thomkins shows human figures and abstract forms as well as lines on a gray background. The etching reads FRIEDEN ERFINDE (FIND PEACE) in black
Offset print by Lawrence Weiner. Abstract yellow shapes on a light background, with text in blue: OUTSIDE OF A BASIC QUESTION. WE ARE SHIPS ON THE SEA, NOT DUCKS ON THE POND. WORK MAKES FREE
Screen print by Emmett Williams shows a coarse black and white structure reminiscent of sand, in which a large spiral is indicated
Screen print by Emmett Williams shows a coarse black and white structure reminiscent of sand, in which a large spiral is indicated

    The portfolio “Dem Frieden eine Form geben” was published within the Hamburg biennial “Zugehend auf eine Biennale des Friedens” which took place in 1985.

    Works in portfolio
    Dem Frieden eine Form geben

    Und ich lachte

    Joseph Beuys

    Und ich lachte

    1985

    Available with portfolio
    Ursprung

    KP Brehmer

    Ursprung

    1985

    Available with portfolio
    Where is the War?

    John Cage

    Where is the War?

    1985

    Available with portfolio
    Wanting Peace Preparing for Peace

    Robert Filliou

    Wanting Peace Preparing for Peace

    1985

    Available with portfolio
    Fluxband

    Nam June Paik

    Fluxband

    1985

    1.400 Euro
    Erfinde Frieden

    André Thomkins

    Erfinde Frieden

    1985

    Available with portfolio
    Untitled

    Lawrence Weiner

    Untitled

    1985

    150 Euro
    Im Land des Sandmannes

    Emmett Williams

    Im Land des Sandmannes

    1985

    Available with portfolio