General Idea

Orgasm Renewal Project

1972

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 cont...

In 1967, General Idea was founded in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945-1994), and Jorge Zontal (1944-1994). Over 25 years, they made a significant contribution to po...

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 use photography, sculpture, painting, mail art, video, installation, multiples, and performance. With their subversive approach and interest in parody and appropriation, General Idea addressed a broad range of social (and art-world) issues such as the cult of the artist, mass media, queer identity, and consumerism. Thematic continuity was a key element in General Idea's work. Early on they introduced talismans or logos that they would revisit and re-envision, including skulls, ziggurats, and poodles. This print comes from "Fear Management": a set of 8 prints...

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. With their subversive approach and interest in parody and appropriation, General Idea addressed a broad range of social (and art-world) issues such as the cult of the artist, mass media, queer identity, and consumerism. Thematic continuity was a key element in General Idea's work. Early on they introduced talismans or logos that they would revisit and re-envision, including skulls, ziggurats, and poodles. This print comes from "Fear Management": a set of 8 prints that celebrates some of General Idea's defining and most beloved 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. This series is a defining example of one of General Idea's most iconic motifs, the crest, which showcases their clever blend of historical fantasy and invented patrimony. Centered on a handpainted background, "The Honeymoon...

FLUXUS POSTER. Intermedia Art Festival. Tokyo, January 1969. Offset. Conceived by de Sugihura and the prestigious artists of "The Map" by Kawada, Barakei, Hosoe and Saint Marco of Narahara. The Festival was organized by Kosurgi and Chiomi. The participating artists were Junzo, Ishiko, Tukumi Kazekara, Akimichi Takeda, Koichi Tanigawa and Li-Lan and the wonderful work of George Brecht...

Fascinating black and white etching of an otherworldly creature, 1983. Signed and dated lower right and numbered 42 of 45 lower left. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white ...

Silksreen, 1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil 80.50 cm. x 60.50 cm. 31.69 in. x 23.82 in. (paper) 52.00 cm. x 52.00 cm. 20.47 in. x 20.47 in. (image) Swiss-born multidiscipli...

This artwork "Sans Titre" c.1980 is an original etching on Arches paper by noted French abstract expressionist artist Francois Rouan, b.1943. It is hand...