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Anarchist Art Collection

L’Assiette au Beurre (1901–1912)

The collection consists of issues of the Paris-based illustrated anarchist satirical weekly, L’Assiette au Beurre (1901–1912). These journals are marvelous examples of political art, illustrated and captioned by major figures in the history of art and early 20th century French anarchism. See Patricia Leighten, The Liberation of Painting (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013) for a discussion of the journal.

  1.  L’Assiette au Beurre No. 3 (18 April 1901): One of the first isseus when the format of the weekly is still in development, it includes illustrated anarchist satirical songs and short stories as well as illustrations by René-Georges Hermann-Paul (noted illustrator); Gustave-Henri Jossot (noted illustrator); Gottlob (lithographer, painter); Michaël; Jean-Louis Forain (realist/impressionist painter); Adolph Willette (noted illustrator); Braün; Jacques Villon (cubist painter); Vogel; and J. Plunet.
  2. L’Assiette au Beurre No. 98 (14 February 1903): “Les Bouilleures de Cru”—Leon Georges issue.
  3. L’Assiette au Beurre No. 239 (28 October 1905): “Profits & Pertes”—Jules Grandjouion cover with illustrations/captions by F. Sottlog; Juan Helli; Grandjouion; Belmiro; Pelmiro, Josset illustrates the back cover. Grandjouion was among the most famous illustrators of the period and an outspoken anarchist.
  4. L’Assiette au Beurre No. 286 (22 February 1906): “Le Repose du Dimanche”—Grandjouion issue, “Fragments des memories de la III Republique” with an illustrated story, “Memoires de Marianne III.”
  5. L’Assiette au Beurre No. 403 (28 December 1908): “Statut de Fonctionnaries”—Grandjouion issue, with a preface by Emile Janvion (French anarchist, editor of Terre libre, organe syndical d’action directe).
  6. L’Assiette au Beurre No. 468 (19 March 1910): “Les Reformes du Travail”—Maurice Radiguet issue.
  7. L’Assiette au Beurre No. 475 (7 March 1910): “Le Grand Soir”—Andre Hellé issue witha  preface by “Pataud” (Emile Plotkin—French anarchist union organizer, assistant secretary of the anarchist-syndicalist Union of Electricity Industries Workers. “La Grand Soir” alludes to the union’s strategy of combining strikes with targeted nighttime power outages).

Ginaluca Constantini

A collection of Italian-language illustrated publications by Italian anarchist artist/illustrator Ginaluca Constantini, as well as the political journal, Inguine Mah!gazine.

5 Issues of Inguine Mah!gazine (2003–6)

  1. Inguine Mah!gazine Vol.1 no. 2 (2003).
  2. Inguine Mah!gazine Vol.2 no. 3 (2004).
  3. Inguine Mah!gazine Vol.2 no. 4 (2004).
  4. Inguine Mah!gazine Vol.2 no. 5 (2004).
  5. Inguine Mah!gazine Vol.4 no. 9 (2006).

Small Press Publications

  1. Ginaluca Constantini, El Indio (Cremona, Italy: 2004), edition of 400. With advertising flyer insert.
  2. Gialuca Constantini, Political Comics el indio no. 1 (Ravenna, Italy, March 20, 2004), edition of 25. Signed by the artist.
  3. Ginaluca Constantini, 5200 Persone Cedudate (Ravenna, Italy: 2005).
  4. Ginaluca Constantini and Elettra Stamboulis, Il Velo di Maya: Marjane Satrapi, exhibition catalogue, (Ravana, Italy: Associazione Cultuale Mradam; LIzard, 2003); Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born graphic artist now living in France who authored the famous feminist graphic autobiography, Persepolis. Her art was exhibited alongside that of other political artists associated with Inguine Mah!gazine.
  5. Joe Sacco, Nuvole da oltre frontier/Clouds from beyond the borders, exhibition catalogue, (Ravana, Italy, Associazione Cultuale Mradam, 2002): Joe Sacco is a world-famous graphic artist based in the United States. His work was exhibited alongside that of other political artists associated with Inguine Mah!gazine.

Carel Moiseiwitsch

Carel Moiseiwitsch is a Vancouver artist and anarchist who contributed illustrations to the anarchist journal Open Road.

 

  1.  Life In Palestine, Robin Lawrence, “Introduction,” (Vancouver: Grunt Gallery, July 11–August 2, 2003), exhibition flyer.
  2. Carel Moiseiwitsch Trophies, Robin Lawrence, “Down a Radical Road: Carel Moiseiwitsch”; Holly Owen, “Trophies: our heraldic future,” (Vancouver: Pitt Gallery, September 8–October 9, 1994), exhibition catalogue.

David Lester

David Lester is a Vancouver artist and anarchist who contributed illustrations to the anarchist journal Open Road. He performs guitar with anarchist poet Jean Smith (spoken word) as the duo Mecanormal. Smarten up! Get to the point publications are produced by Smith and Lester.

 

  1.  David Lester, I talk so fast my words lose context & meaning. That’s OK, I don’t have time to understand (Vancouver: Smarten Up!/Get to the Point Publishing, 2001): illustrated.

Gene Fellner

Gene Fellner is an anarchist artist who edited a collection of Alexander Berkman’s writings, Life of an Anarchist (New York: Seven Stories Press, 1996).

 

  1. Gene Fellner, The Genocide Paintings (New YorkL GLF Occasional Publication, 2004), inscribed “to Dan, a great firend and brother, Gene.” Dan Simon, whom the booklet is dedicated to, is the owner of Seven Stories.

Norman Nawrocki

Nawrocki is a Montreal-based cabaret artist and anarchist poet who began his activism in Vancouver (where he was born) and worked with the Open Road collective. “Les Pages Noires” is his own imprint for occasional publications (and the title of a journal he edited).

 

  1. Norman Naworcki, No Masters! No Gods! Dare to Dream (Vancouver: Smarten Up!/Get to the Point Publishing, 1999): designed by Jean Smith.
  2. Norman Naworcki, Lunch for Insurgents (Montreal, Les Pages Noires, 2010): signed by the author with a dedication.

No! Art

1. Estra Milman, No! Art and the Aesthetics of Doom, exhibition catalogue (Chicago: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 2001): this was a very controversial exhibition of work by American artist Boris Lurie and the no! Art group.

Allan Antliff

  1. Allan Antliff, Unleashing the Imagination: An Anarchist Tour of the National Gallery of Canada, no. 1 (2009).
  2. Allan Antliff, Unleashing the Imagination: An Anarchist Tour of the Natinoal Gallery of Canada, no. 2 (2009).
  3. Zine Year Book 9 (2009).
  4. If I can’t dance in it, it’s not my revolution (2014).
  5. The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book (2012).
  6. Boris Lurie: Prologue to a Retrospective (2011).
  7. Made in Palestine (2004).
  8. Subversive Pop: Dowd’s Paintings from the 1960’s (2004).
  9. Quivers (2003).
  10. Joseph Beuys (2014).
  11. Anarchy and Art: from the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall (2007).
  12. Anarcquia e Arte (2011).
  13. Anarchie und Kunst (2011).
  14. Anarchismus weltweit: von Jakarta bis Johnnesburg (2010).
  15. Sticker Shock (2004).
  16. Allan Antliff, “Alfred Stieglitz chez les anarchistes”: off-print of a chapter from Carrefour Alfred Stieglitz: Colloque de Cerisy, Jay Bochner and Kean-Pierre Montier, eds. (Paris: PU Rennes, 2012).
  17. !Fuera Ulises! A Graphic Account From Oaxaca (2006). This was produced by an anarchist who participated in an uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Black Raven Foundations

An occasional zine publication produced by Kim Croswell and Allan Antliff.

 

  1. Anarchism in Canada Interviews: Allan Antliff, Richard Day and Taiaiake Alfred, Black Raven Editions Anarchist Pamphlets no. 1 (2012).
  2. Allan Antliff, Breaking Free: Anarchist Pedagogy (2012).

D.O.A.—Vancouver Anarchist Punk Band

D.O.A. was a Vancouver-based punk band founded in 1978.

 

  1. Joe Keithley, Talk-Action=O: D.O.A. (Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011): a band ‘autobiography’ by its lead singer discussing anarchist punk events and issues in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Vancouver.
  2. D.O.A., Right to be Wild (Sudden Death Record, 1982): single with D.O.A. songs “Right to be Wild” and “Burn it Down”; and a D.O.A. version of “Fuck You” by Garry Hannah (member of Direct Action and the Vancouver anarchist band, The Subumans): this very rare ’45 record includes an inside sleeve, “Free the 5,” by David Spanner, Open Road collective member and “former manager of the Subhumans.” Spanncer discusses Direct Action (Vancouver 5), punk, and the anarchist politics of Gerry Hannah’s music. On the other side is a “letter from Gerry.” Cover design by Dave Lester.

The Ex—British Anarchist Punk Band

  1. The EX, CNT/FAI 1936: The Spanish Revolution, bilingual—Spanish/English, (1997): this is a booklet of documentary photographs, commentaries, and two CDs with recordings by The EX honouring the anarchist movement in Spain (1936–39).

Arsenal: A Magazine of Anarchist Strategy & Culture.

This is a very important journal of theory focussing on the arts. It was printed on a press owned by the collective, who were based in Chicago. The publishers were artists and activists who valued the history of the anarchist small press and art. Copies were printed in small runs. This is a complete set of the journal.

 

  1. Arsenal: A Magazine of Anarchist Strategy & Culture #1, Spring 2000, Chicago.
  2. Arsenal: A Magazine of Anarchist Strategy & Culture #2, Fall 2000, Chicago.
  3. Arsenal: A Magazine of Anarchist Strategy & Culture #3, Spring 2001, Chicago.
  4. Arsenal: A Magazine of Anarchist Strategy & Culture #4, Fall 2001, Chicago.
  5. Arsenal: A Magazine of Anarchist Strategy & Culture #5, Fall 2002, Chicago.
  6. Arsenal: A Magazine of Anarchist Strategy & Culture #6, Winter 2004, Chicago.

Not For Rent

  1. Wakefield, Stacy and Grrrt. Not For Rent: Conversations with creative activists in the UK., #1 1995, Amsterdam, Evil Twin Publications.
  2. Wakefield, Stacy and Grrrt. Not For Rent: Conversations with creative activists in the UK., #3, May 1995, Amsterdam, Evil Twin Publications.

Anarchist Zines

  1. Josh MacPhee. Pound the Pavement 8 (2004).
  2. Aaron Hughes with Nicholas Lampert. Temporary Conversations (2010).

Art Catalogues, Journals & Books

  1. Conde, Carole and Karl Beveridge. Class Work, (Performance Piece), A Rank and File Education Working Classes Project by the Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada, Toronto, 1990.
  2. Huysmans, J.K.. La Bas (Down There), illustrations by Felicien Rops, 1950: Rops is a well-known symbolist artist active in Belgium and France.
  3. Ray, Violet. Advertising the Contradictions, Berkley, California, 1984. With note to Allan Antliff.
  4. Costantini, Flavio. The Art of Anarchy, Cienfuegos Press, London, U.K., 1975.
  5. Golub, Leon. Mercenaries and Interrogations, 16 July-22 August 1982, Institute for Contemporary Arts, New York, USA.
  6. Robert Hobbs, Mark Lombardi: Global Networks Independent Curators International, New York, 2004.
  7. Lombardi, Mark. Crossing the Line: Drawings 1994-98, Museum of Contemporary Art (M.O.C.A.), Washington, D.C., February 20- March 15, 1998.
  8. Public Address, 7 Billboards by Artists, A Space, Toronto, December 1984–May 1985.
  9. Ed. A.A. Bronson, et al., From Sea to Shining Sea: artist-initiated activity in Canada, 1939–1987, Thee Power Plant, Toronto, 1987.
  10. Baxter, Iain. Products, Place, Phenomenon, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, 1998.
  11. Baxter, Iain. Media Works: N.E. Thing Co. Ltd. Co-Presidents: Iain & Ingrid Baxter, Art Metropole, Toronto, 1992.
  12. Lola 3, Winter 1998, published, edited & designed by Catherine Osborne, Sally McKay, & Sophie Hackett, Toronto.
  13. Lola 5, Winter 1999–2000, published, edited & designed by Catherine Osborne, Sally McKay, & Sophie Hackett, Toronto.
  14. Lola 11, Winter 2001/02, published, edited & designed by Catherine Osborne & Sally McKay, et al., Toronto.
  15. C Magazine 93, All Interview Issue, Spring 2007, ed. Rosemary Heather, Toronto.
  16. Secret Wars, September 21, 2001 – February 24, 2002, Artcar Museum, Houston, Texas, 2001.
  17. Tart 7, Mess* The Stuff that Really Surrounds You, ed. Tina Harvey, et al., Winnipeg, 1999.
  18. Tart 10, The Mobile Home Issue, ed. Marianne Mays, et al., Winnipeg, 2001.
  19. Marvelous Freedom, Vigilance of Desire: World Surrealist Exhibition, Chicago 1976, Gallery Black Swan, Chicago, 1976.
  20. Hugo Gelert, People’s Artist, Hugo Gelert Memorial Committee, Many 1986.
  21. Chin, Mel. Do Not Ask Me, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas, 2006.
  22. Arturo Schwartz, ed. The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp: Revised and Expanded Edition with Critical Catalog Raisonné, 1996.
  23. Peter Shield, Comparative Vandalism: Asger Jorn and the Artistic Attitude to Life, 1998.
  24. Jon Whitley, Lucien Pissarro in England: The Eragny Press, 1895–1914, 2002.
  25. Gil Z. Hochberg, Visual Occupations: Violence and Visibility in a Conflict Zone, 2015.
  26. Victoria Dickenson, Ah, Wilderness!, 2004.
  27. Mel Gooding, ed. Artists, Land, Nature, 2002.
  28. Kamal Boullata, Palestinian Art: From 1850 to the present, 2009.
  29. Pedro Lash, Black Mirror, 2010.
  30. Jordan Zinovich, Cobweb Walking, 2003.
  31. Nilsen Laurvik, Is it Art? Post-Impressionism, Futurism, Cubism. New York, The International Press, 1913.
  32. Max Weber, Essays on Art, 1916 (facsimile paperback reprint, 2000).
  33. Joycely Hackforth-Jones, Between Worlds: Voyages to Britain, 1700-1850, 2007.
  34. Craig Yoe, The Great Anti-War Cartoons, 2009.
  35. Simon Taylor, et al. No! Art (exhibition catalog), 1995.
  36. Alphabet City: Fascism and its Ghosts Nos. 4&5, 1995.
  37. Christopher Breward, Fashion, 2003.
  38. Kyoto Costume Institute, ed. Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century: Two Volumes, 2005 .
  39. Markus Bruderlin and Ulriek Grosse, eds, Rudoph Steiner and Contemporary Art, 2010.
  40. Joachim Pissarro, Camille Pissarro, 1993.
  41. Joachim Pissarro and Stephanie Rachum, Camille Pissarro: Impressionist Innovator, 1995.
  42. Mary Beth Edelson and Amelia Trevelyan, The Art of Mary Beth Edelson, 2002.
  43. Johanna Drucker, Speclab: Digital Aesthetics and Projects in Speculative Computing, 2009.
  44. Sascha Scott, A Strange Mixture, 2015.
  45. Oliver Botar, Sensing the Future, 2014.
  46. Istvan Beothy, et al, Hungarian Constructivism, 1918-1936, 1994.
  47. Robert Whitman: Performances from the 1960s, (DVD) 2003.
  48. Philip Glass, Rework, (CD) 2012.
  49. COLAB: A Change Lab for Marham, 2012.

Press Catalogues

  1. Pressure Drop Press, San Francisco, 1992 (includes 2 “Sabotage in the America Workplace” time tickets). A short-lived anarchist press that produced illustrated publications critiquing work.
  2. Marginal Distribution, Peterborough, 2003: This was used by the Edmonton Anarchist Reading Circle to order books that were tabled at the first Edmonton Anarchist Bookfair (2003). Marginal Distribution also worked with the Toronto Who’s Emma anarchist bookstore collective in the late 1990s to keep the store stocked.