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General IdeaEYEYEYE1987
1987
$3,500
£2,687.85
€3,080.24
CA$4,927.14
A$5,519.48
CHF 2,876.15
MX$67,326.27
NOK 36,549.30
SEK 34,463.39
DKK 22,990.09
About the Item
In 1967, General Idea was founded in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945-1994), and Jorge Zontal (1944-1994). Over the course of 25 years, they made a significant contribution to postmodern and conceptual art in Canada and beyond.
The group was both prolific and multi-disciplinary long before it became de rigueur. They with photography, sculpture, painting, mail art, video, installation, multiples, and performance. While the medium frequently changed, General Idea early introduced talismans or logos that they would revisit and re-envision, including skulls, ziggurats, and poodles.
(The EyeEye crest, for example, reappears in 1993 as a benefit print for the International Festival of Authors)
This print comes from "Fear Management": a set of 8 prints that celebrates some of General Idea's favorite motifs by situating them on a crest. This showcases their clever blend of historical fantasy and invented patrimony.
Many of these self-mythologizing crests debuted in 1986 during their exhibition at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo entitled: The Armoury of the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion.
Centered on a hand-painted background, "Eyeyeye" is a bold crest that showing a trio of stylized wide eyes. Self-portraiture is a recurring and significant theme throughout General Idea's oeuvre, with many works depicting three elements or characters in campy, cartoonish, or absurd renditions.
Individual prints from "Fear Management" rarely come to market. While we are offering this specific print individually, we also have a complete unframed set available for purchase.
Questions about this piece? Contact us.
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"Eyeyeye" from the "Fear Management" series.
USA, 1987
Screenprint
Signed and numbered by the artist
From an edition of 50
Embossed signature
22"W 33"H (work)
24.25"H 35.5"H (framed)
Minor wear to frame
Very good condition
Note: this work is sold individually. Please contact us if you are interested in "Fear Management" a complete set of 8 print.
- Creator:
- Creation Year:1987
- Dimensions:Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition.35.
- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 11-231stDibs: LU215213446962
General Idea
General Idea was commissioned by the Toronto Stock Exchange to install a work/mural. Shortly after the TSX published two prints, a lithograph poster and a limited edition print. However, most of the edition was destroyed/thrown away, when they moved from the trading floor at the TD Centre to their offices. As a result, the work has almost achieved mythological status amongst General Idea collectors.
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