Press/Artist Packet for Brion Gysin's "Calligraffiti of Fire", 1985











Paris, France: Brion Gysin et al. (press packet, exhibition info), 1985.
11.75" x 8.25", nine sheets, two of which are printed both sides.
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A nine-sheet, eleven-page packet of artist statement, commentary by others, and reviews for the exhibition of Brion Gysin's final "makemono" painting entitled "Calligraffiti of Fire", first exhibited at Galerie Samy Kinge (Paris, France) in 1986.

A second copy with some minor staining is also in the archive.

Contents:

  • Brion Gysin: "Calligraffiti of Fire" (artist statement)
  • George Condo: "An appreciation by George Condo: 'Haiku of the Name'" (statement, Paris, 16 August 1985)
  • Brion Gysin: response to George Condo's statement (Paris, 30 August 1985)
  • Review in Art International, Summer 1962, of Brion Gysin's "Eight Units of a Permutative Picture", as exhibited by Topazia Alliata at Galleria Trastevere, Rome, in 1962.
  • Brion Gysin: "Parascientifics ALL read the ParaScientific American" (notes on the Art International review, along with an annotated second copy of the review)
  • Edouard Roditi: review of "L'Objet" at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1962, as published in Art Voices, 1963 (Paris)
  • Brion Gysin: calligraphic drawing
  • J. M.: "Brion Gysin's New Dimension" (essay)
  • D. M.: "Brion et vous" (essay)
  • Brion Gysin : calligraphic drawing
  • Jason Weiss: "Brion Gysin's Calligraffiti of Fire" (statement, Paris, August 1985)
  • Aung Aung Taik: "An appreciation by Burmese Painter, Aung Aung Taik" (statement, Paris, August 1985)
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