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.
Ursa Major & Taurus: Pavilion Fragments from the Starry Vault
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was founded in 1967 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 contr...
Etching
The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was founded in 1967 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 contr...
Lithograph, Screen
Hot Property!
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was formed in 1967 as a collective of three Canadian artists in Toronto, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson. Over the next 30 years, the ...
Paper, Screen
$2,500
AIDS
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
AIDS (Stamps)
By General Idea
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph on perforated paper Edition of 200
Lithograph, Offset
EYEYEYE
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
Dr. Brute's Shield
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
A Poodle Creates a Portrait of General Idea as Three Pee Holes in the Snow
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was formed in 1967 in Toronto and over the next nearly 30 years, the trio made a remarkable contribution to post-modern art. With their subversive approach and intere...
Gold
$9,200
AIDS
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
The 1971 Miss General Idea Pageant
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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 four decades, they made a significant ...
Screen
Art Against AIDS
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
Orgasm Renewal Project
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Paper
Nine Lives
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
General Idea "Ursa Major and Taurus"
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea formed in 1967 in Toronto and over the next nearly 30 years made a remarkable contribution to post-modern art. Their body of work combines provocative or banal imagery with wit and irony, creating subversive cultural critiques on a wide range of topics from the role of the artist in society to the AIDS crisis. Two of the members, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal died of AIDS in 1994. Its surviving member, AA Bronson...
Color
The Honeymoon is Over
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
Cornucopia
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
Passion Over Reason
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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 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...
Screen
Down the Drink
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
The Hand of the Spirit of Miss General Idea
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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. Perhaps one of the earliest of these icons is the pinching hand, or "Hand of the Spirit" which debuts around 1972 and appears frequently throughout the decade. Centered on a hand-painted background, "The Hand of the Spirit of Miss General Idea" features a vibrant crest that displays a hand with fingers curled in a mystical gesture. This print comes from "Fear Management": a set of 8 prints...
Screen
$4,700
H 28.25 in W 46.5 in
Late 20th century abstract etching yellow ink splatter geometric shapes
By James Rosenquist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Second state in yellow etching of bright abstract stars, by American post-war pop artist James Rosenquist. Signed and dated lower right Titled and edition number 33/78 lower left 17...
Etching
$700
H 12.5 in W 16.6 in
Gerhard Richter -Abstract Picture, limited edition authorized reproduction print
By Gerhard Richter
Located in New York, NY
Gerhard Richter Untitled Abstract Picture, 2002 Offset lithograph on GardaMatt Art 250 GSM paper Not signed, edition of 3433 12 1/2 × 16 3.5 inches Unframed Printed on GardaMatt Art...
Lithograph, Offset
$225
H 28 in W 120 in
Vintage MOMA Francesco Clemente Museum of Modern Art 1986 dream myth poster
By Francesco Clemente
Located in New York, NY
This three-part work spanning 10 feet was printed from the plates of Francesco Clemente’s mythological landscape Untitled A on the occasion of the 1986 MoMA, New York show of Clement...
Lithograph, Offset
Fishing boat, Spain
By Arthur Rider
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Arthur Grover Rider (American 1885-1975) Offset Litho on board of fisherman in Spain. Professionally framed and matted in gilt frame. Born in Chicago, IL on March 21, 1886. Rider ...
Lithograph, Offset
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and an authenticity certificate
Paper, Screen
$2,430
H 31.5 in W 36.5 in
20th century color lithograph French winter scene female figures trees leaves
By Francois Batet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Promenade sous les Arbres (Walk under the Trees)" is an original color lithograph by Francois Batet, signed in the lower right and numbered in the lower left. At the center of the p...
Lithograph
City 191, Geometric Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
By Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 191 Year: 1971 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: AP Size: 29 x 22.5 in. (73.66 x 57.15 cm)
Screen
$750
H 25 in W 18.75 in
City 88, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
By Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 88 Year: 1969 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: AP Size: 25 x 18.75 in. (63.5 x 47.63 cm)
Screen
$1,000
H 33.5 in W 22 in
Alexander Calder - Our Unfinished Revolution poster Limited Edition of 250, '76
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph poster Printed signature and date on offset paper This poster was published in a limited edition of 250 - unnumbered - separate from the lithographic portfolio of...
Lithograph, Offset
$1,200
H 27.5 in W 39 in D 0.1 in
Homage a Dito, 1982, Folk Art Woodcut by Florence Grace Putterman
By Florence Putterman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Florence Grace Putterman, American (1927 - ) Title: Homage a Dito Year: 1982 Medium: Woodcut, signed in pencil Edition: TP Size: 27.5 x 39 in. (69.85 x 99.06 cm)
Woodcut
$750
H 33.5 in W 31 in
Sheep Portfolio 2, Etching and Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
By Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Sheep Portfolio 2 Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint and Etching, signed in pencil Edition: 65, AP 5 Size: 33.5 x 31 in. (85.09 x...
Etching, Screen
$7,848
H 18.51 in W 14.97 in
Chris Levine - EQUANIMITY_2022 70 Limited Queen Elizabeth II Photography Modern
By Chris Levine
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Chris Levine - EQUANIMITY_2022 70 Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Screenprint on Somerset Satin paper Edition number: 2/5 Size: 47 x 38 cm Condition: New in mint conditions, never fra...
Satin Paper, Screen
Ghent Scarf
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea formed in 1967 in Toronto and over the next nearly 30 years, the trio made a remarkable contribution to post-modern art. With their subversive approach and interest in...
Nylon, Screen
Orgasm Renewal Project
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Paper
Phoenix with a P
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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...
Screen
Sold
H 29.5 in W 40 in
"Mondo Cane Kama Sutra" Canada 1983, printed 2001, Serigraph on wove paper
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was formed in 1967 and is one of Canada's best-known artists on the international stage. Two of the members, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal die...
Screen
Sold
H 12.25 in W 12.25 in
A Poodle Creates a Portrait of General Idea as Three Pee Holes in the Snow
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was formed in 1967 in Toronto and over the next nearly 30 years, the trio made a remarkable contribution to post-modern art. With their subversive approach and interest in parody and appropriation, General Idea addressed a broad range of social and art-world issues including consumerism, media consumption, the cult of the artist, and AIDS. General Idea was both prolific and multi-disciplinary (way before it became de rigueur) creating works in a wide range of media including photography, sculpture, painting, mail art, video, performances, installations, and (perhaps most notably) artist multiples. The poodle is one of the defining icons in General Idea’s oeuvre, signifying a multitude of meanings. Like many works in their oeuvre the poodle is both cute and subversive. While General Idea had used the poodle motif since the early 1970’s, in this iteration it becomes graphic, stylized, and vaguely robotic. GI's dedication to creating multiples was tied to their critical exploration of consumerism and art collecting/shopping. AA Bronson...
Gold
Artist's Conception; Miss General Idea Pageant 1971
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was formed in Toronto in 1967 as a collective of three artists; Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal, and AA Bronson. Over the next 30 years, the trio mad...
Screen
Fin de Siecle
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Rich in allegory and irony, General Idea's "Fin de Siècle" presents many of the best conceptual and aesthetic characteristics of their output. Who isn...
Photographic Paper
General Idea "Armoury/ Pavilion"
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea formed in 1969 in Toronto and over the next 30 some years, the trio made a remarkable and inimitable contribution to post-modern art. With ...
Color