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21/4/2006

Money for Food Press

Printed Matter Inc., New York

Books since 1977

Printed Matter is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Money for Food Press that spans their publications from 1977 to the present. Money for Food Press was co-founded by Brian Buczak and Geoffery Hendricks and continues under the present direction of Geoffery Hendricks and Sur Rodney (Sur). The opening will also serve as the launch for the press' most recent editioned publication, "A Special Edition Box Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of a Wedding Event". Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue between 21st and 22nd streets. Money for Food Press (MFFP) was originally created to expand the practices of its founders' artwork, which was rooted in Fluxus and Ray Johnson's New York Correspondence School.

The press began with the booklet "Rulers, Ladders and Buckets," which documented a performance by Buczak and Hendricks at P.S. 1 in 1977. Over the next decade, dozens of publications were produced and distributed that intersected with the practices of New York-based artists such as George Maciunas, Lawrence Wiener, Alison Knowles and Nancy Spero. MFFP remained an essential compliment to Buczak's painting and post-Fluxus practice until his death from HIV/AIDS and related complications in 1987 and the exhibition reflects this through the inclusion of over thirty of his individual publications. Throughout its existence, MFFP has embraced an accessible, democratic, do-it-yourself practice that encourages the breakdown of boundaries separating art and life. In the introduction to the offerings in their 1980 catalog, Dick Higgins writes "They exist as paradigms for our own imaginative processes rather than (at least primarily) investment commodities. Buy them and live well - keep them in your own private treasure chest, to be fished out and shown only to those with whom you share your own private elegances."

In addition to the wide selection of books, edition and ephemera that will be on display, a recreation of a window installation that Brian Buczak originally designed in 1985 will be featured in the storefront window. This piece, which questions conventional notions of patriotism, has been shown twice at Printed Matter's previous locations: in 1985 on Lispenard Street and in 1997 on Wooster Street. The exhibition opening will also feature the launch of the latest MFFP publication, "A Special Edition Box Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of a Wedding Event", which is a collaboration between Hendricks and Sur Rodney (Sur). Through text and illustrations as well as relics like a rubber stamped Hershey wrapper, the archival box looks back at their wedding Happening in 1995 that took place during a memorial celebration for the artist Al Hansen. Concurrent exhibitions including MFFP collaborators, such as Al Hansen and Ray Johnson, will also be taking place in Chelsea at Andrea Rosen Gallery and Pavel Zoubok Gallery.

Printed Matter, Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the appreciation, dissemination, and understanding of artists' books and other artists' publications. Printed Matter, Inc. has received support, in part, through grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Altria Group, Inc, the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Canadian Consulate General and the Government of Canada, The Cowles Charitable Trust, the CRH Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Fifth Floor Foundation, The Horace W.Goldsmith Foundation, LEF Foundation, Materials for the Arts, The Peter S. Reed Foundation, the Schoenstadt Family Foundation, The Starry Night Fund, The Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and private foundations and individuals worldwide.

Opening Reception Saturday, April 22 from 5 - 7 pm

Printed Matter Inc.
535 West 22nd Street - New York

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