GENERAL IDEA 1969-1994
9201
AIDS (Project for The Journal of the American Medical Association) 1992
Offset on paper (cover for The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 268, no. 4, 22-29 July 1992): 272 x 201 mm
Edition size unknown, unsigned and unnumbered
Published by the American Medical Association, Chicago
See 8803.
9202
Compliments of Miss General Idea 1992
Offset on buff paper: 140 x 110 mm
Edition size unknown, unsigned and unnumbered
Self-published
Uses an updated version of Artist's Conception:
Miss General Idea 1971 wearing "Hand of the Spirit Gloves." The gloves are based on a 1974 drawing by AA Bronson.
See 7004, 7105, 7107, 7108, 7404, 7517.
9203
Der Standard Kultur 1992
Web offset publication (project for Der Standard,
19 May 1992, p. 14): 470 x 315 mm
Edition size unknown, of which 30 plus 3 A/Ps are signed and numbered
Published by Der Standard, Vienna
Project simulates an advertisement within the pages of the Der Standard Kultur section (4 pp.) of the Vienna newspaper.
The project coincided with General Idea's installation PLAŠEBO (Helium), consisting of custom-shaped helium-filled balloons
(variously recorded as 4500 or 4800) released in the Westbahnhof
U-Bahnstation during the exhibition Expanded Art, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, 9 May - 19 June 1992.
See 9209, 9210.
9204
GENERIŠ 1992
Custom-shaped printed red-yellow-black mylar balloon, title sheet (photocopy on card), in plastic sleeve
Sleeve: 295 x 230 mm; balloon inflated:
250 x 650 x 250 mm
Edition of 250, signed and numbered
Published by Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona
The colours are of the Catalan flag. The text on the
balloon reads "General Idea GeneriŠ." The installation of the same name, comprised of 3000 helium-filled
balloons, was first shown in General Idea's exhibition PharmaŠopia at Centre d'Art Santa Mnica, Barcelona, 15 September - 10 November 1992.
See 9207, 9209.
9205
Hope Chest 1992
Acrylic "fun fur," toy stuffed acrylic baby Harp seal:
2000 x 1500 x 200 mm
Prototype for the edition Hope Chest
Based on the installation Fin de siècle (1990) and inscribed "Seal (of approval) For Robin." The prototype was produced as a gift for Robin Selkirk McKay,
daughter of Sandra Simpson and Donald McKay, on
the occasion of her birth on 12 April 1992.
See 9206.
9206
Hope Chest 1992
Acrylic "fun fur," 3 toy stuffed acrylic baby Harp seals, in found polystyrene cooler with laminated placemat
Cooler: 390 x 475 x 330 mm; installed:
dimensions variable
Edition of 9 plus 1 A/P, signed and numbered
Self-published
Based on the installation Fin de siècle (1990).
See 9205.
9207
MagiŠ Bullet 1992
Custom-shaped printed silver mylar balloon
Balloon inflated: 250 x 650 x 250 mm
Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Self-published
The text on the balloon reads "General Idea MagiŠ Bullet." The installation MagiŠ Bullet, comprised of 1500 helium-filled balloons,
was first shown in General Idea's exhibition of the same name at Stux,
New York, 2 - 23 May 1992.
See 9204, 9209.
9208
Nine Lives 1992
Serigraph on nylon flag, title card (offset on card),
in black card box
Box: 155 x 215 x 45 mm; flag: 1000 x 1500 mm
Edition of 500 plus 6 A/Ps, of which the first 60 and the A/Ps are signed and numbered and the remaining are unsigned and numbered
Published by Helga Maria Klosterfelde/Gesellschaft Kunst Edition, Hamburg
See 9003.
9209
PLAŠEBO (Helium) 1992/2001
3 custom-shaped printed red-green-blue mylar
balloons, title sheet (photocopy on card), in
plastic sleeve
Sleeve: 325 x 228 mm; each balloon inflated:
250 x 650 x 250 mm
Edition of 250, signed and numbered
Published by Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Colours are of General Idea's classic red-green-blue AIDS logo. Text reads "General Idea PLAŠEBO (Helium)." The installation PLAŠEBO (Helium),
comprised of helium-filled mylar balloons (variously recorded as 4500 or 4800), was first shown in the
exhibition Expanded Art, Wiener Festwochen, and installed in the Westbahnhof U-Bahnstation, Vienna,
9 May - 19 June 1992. It was re-created (3000 balloons) for the AA Bronson exhibition Negative Thoughts at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 27 January -
22 April 2001.
See 9203, 9204, 9207.
9210
Playing Doctor 1992
Chromogenic print (Ektachrome): 762 x 533 mm
Edition of 12 plus 3 A/Ps and 1 P/P, signed and
numbered
Self-published
A smaller version was first produced for the editions Blue (Cobalt) PLAŠEBO, Green (Permanent) PLAŠEBO and Red (Cadmium) PLAŠEBO.
See 9103, 9106, 9115, 9203.
9211
The Sequel: Shut the Fuck Up 1992
Hand-bound hard cover publication, 532 pp., with
gold hot-stamping, die-cut with VHS (NTSC or PAL) videotape insert (colour, sound, 30 min.) in black card sleeve:
260 x 165 x 50 mm
Edition size printed as 7 plus 1 A/P, but signed and
numbered as an edition of 8
Published by Stampa Galerie, Basel
9212
Untitled (PLAŠEBO Pill Holder) 1992
Found plastic container, enamel paint and Letraset, with printed red-green-blue mylar balloon
Container: 110 x 30 (diam.) mm; balloon inflated:
250 x 650 x 250 mm
Prototype for an edition never completed
The balloon is from the edition titled PLAŠEBO (Helium).
See 9209.