Artist
Vautier, Ben
Performance (3 work / s)
Code FX1263 Artist's book
Ben Dieu - Art total sa revue (1962 - 1963)
1963
Published by the artist, Nice
Collages, editions, texts, and one copy of
"Fluxus 3 Newspaper Events"
It contains various artist's loose editions and
three chapters in walnut paper folder, 31 x 21 cm.
Editorial, included in "Textes", No. FX1082 -1
Chapter 1. Esthétique, 1962:
a. "Absolument n'importe quoi est art"
b. "Art Total"
Included in "Affiches", No. 1332E -1
c. "Disque de musique total"
Included in "Musique", No. FXM0173 -4
d. "Le livre total"
Included in "Théatre-Textes", No. FX1083 -8
e. "Art = Ben"
Included in "Affiches", No. 1332E -3
f. "Tout"
Included in "Affiches", No. 1332E -2
Chapter 2. Moi Ben je signe, pp. 18, 1963:
a. page 1 / "Moi, Ben je signe"
Included in "Je signe tout", No. 0682E -1
b. page 2 / "J'espose et je signe le Pape Jean XXIII", No. 1371E
c. page 3 / "Solution No. 17 la mort"
Included in "La mort", No. 1372E -1
d. page 4 / "Mystere No. 17"
Included in "Mystere", No. 1373E -1
e. page 5 / "Je signe tout", No. 0682E -2
f. page 6 / "Prise de possession du tout",
Included in "Partie du tout", No. 1365E -7
g. page 7 / "Le temps"
Included in "Attestations", No. 1340E -5
h. page 8 / "Dieu", No. 1376E
i. page 9 / "Coup de pieds"
Included in "Attestations", No. 1340E -4
l. page 10 / Festival d'Art Total, Nice - "Cannes 63"
Included in "Textes", No. FX1082 -7
l. page 11 / "Je signe rien faire Ben 1691", No. 1336E -2
m. page 12 / "Ben la mort"
Included in "La mort", No. 1372E -2
n. page 13 / "Feuille pliée a déplier et a replier"
Included in "Gestes", No. 0693E -3
o. page 14 / "Ce disque 45 tours passé en 78...",
Included in "Musique", No. FXM0173 -2
p. page 15 / "Grand coup de pied"
Included in "Gestes", No. 0693E -6
q. page 17 / "J'expose autre chose"
Included in "Déclarations", No. 1444E -11
r. page 18 / "Creation Psychotactile"
Included in "Attestations", No. 1340E -1
Chapter 3. Théâtre et Poesie, 1963:
a. "Theatre (44 propositions)"
Included in "Théatre-Textes", No. FX1083 -6
b. "Le theatre total ...."
Included in "Théatre-Textes", No. FX1083 -5
c. "Une lettre de Ben"
Included in "Textes", No. FX1082 -5
d. "Théatre"
Included in "Théatre-Textes", No. FX1083 -4
e. "Première Partie du Discour prononcé par Ben à sa Band", No. FX1082 -3
f. "La Bande a Ben", No. 1082E
Included in "Textes", No. FX1082 -2
g. "Ben tu es un con - Avis 1 - Avis 2"
Included in "Textes", No. FX1082 -6
Editions
- "...prise de cosciense de la possession..."
Included in "Déclarations", No. 1444E -9
- "Partie du Tout a Ben", No. 1365E
- "Cela ou n'importe quoi"
Included in "N'importe quoi", No. 1360E
- "Je soussigné Ben Vautier...",
Included in "Attestations", No. 1332E
- "Partie du Tout a Ben", No. 1365E
- "Second avis important"
Included in "Annonces", No. FX0681 -2
- "Partie du Tout a Ben"
Included in "Partie du tout", No. 1365E
- "Vous Portrait Ben 61", in "Portrait", No. 1362E -1
- "Creation Psychotactile"
Included in "Attestations", No. 1340E -1
- "Certifié Authentique.."
Included in "Attestations", No. 1340E-6
- "Gallery One"
Included in "Théatre-Textes", No. FX1083 -3
- "Music No. 11"
Included in "Musique", No. FXM0173 -3a
- "Tampon", No. 1346E
- "Jalousie"
Included in "Déclarations", No. 1444E
- "Mon rouge", No. 1397E
- "Vrais pastiches at faux", No. 1368E
- "Crachez spit", in "Gestes", No. 0693E -4
- "Partie du tout a Ben", No. 1365E
See also:
- Re-edition, "Ecrit pour la Gloire...", No. FX1068
- Chapter "Moi Ben Je Signe" facsimile, "Ben Dieu - Art total...", No. FX0596
Exh.: 2012, Chiasso, 2015, Rome ; 2019, London.
Bibl.: "Guardare, raccontare, pensare, conservare...", exhibition catalogue from Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, 2004, p.34.
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