Author: Jenkins, Janet and Jeff Berner
Title: In the Spirit of Fluxus (Suitcase)
Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Walker Art Center, 1993. Hardcover. black leatherette suitcase w/ handle & combination locks; gallery label to handle. contents include: hardcover book, cassette, t-shirt, stamp, stamp roll pins, posters etc w/ cosmic inventory kit. Suitcase is 2 of 50; Cosmic Kit Number 031 of 100. Contents of Suitcase: folded, black and white printed XL t-shirt; sealed cassette tape; rubber stamp; stamp dispensor; 'Do-It Yourself' kit; green, neon yellow and orange buttons; orange, green and blue square cards; four cream 'Printed For..Spirit Of Fluxus' cards; suitcase instructions; three black/white photograph cards of George Maciunas; four multi-color square 'Fluxus Is Coming' cards with paperclip instructions (paper clip is rusted with residue to white instruction fold-out)' red and black illustrated exhibition posted; Yoko Ono shopping bag and four Geoffrey Hendrick's place-mats. Cosmic Kit contents vary as they were specifically "artist curated." This set contains 'Enrichment Guide' an introduction pamphlet; small bag with various tiny trinkets; a magnet; pin; tiny book; Richmond Bakery redemption coin; photograph, golfer's score-keeping pencil and various paper ephemera. VG (light scuffs & scrathes to leatherette of suitcase; top has small, round rub; the leatherette is not torn. bottom of case has two long, light diagonal creases. back corner edge of case small tear w/ board of case visible. combination locks have red pull/security tags intact. hardcover exhibtion catalogue remains sealed in publisher's wrap. red stamp appears to have been used w/ upper part have black ink-residue. foam molding has various impressions & gouges. exhibition poster has creasing and rubbing to fold edge; Ono shopping bag has associated fold lines. green paper roll in cosmic kit has had label removed and paper unspooled.) .

Keywords: American Art ; Fluxus ; ; Museum Exhibitions - American Art


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