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Holiday Spectacular
dal 21/11/2003 al 23/12/2003
212 925 0325 FAX 212 925 0464
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21/11/2003

Holiday Spectacular

Printed Matter Inc., New York

An Exhibition of the work of Tom Sachs. Showcasing a selection of Official Tom Sachs merchandise and artworks from his recent Nutsy's installation at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, the exhibition will also transform Printed Matter into a giant listening booth for the Holiday Season.


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An Exhibition of the work of Tom Sachs
at Printed Matter, Inc.

Printed Matter is very pleased to announce Holiday Spectacular, an installation of work by Tom Sachs. The exhibition opens with a reception on Saturday, November 22, 2003, from 6 to 8 PM, and continues through December 23, 2003. Showcasing a selection of Official Tom Sachs merchandise and artworks from his recent Nutsy's installation at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, the exhibition will also transform Printed Matter into a giant listening booth for the Holiday Season. Two Califone turntables and selections of Tom Sachs' Classic Vinyl - classic and rare Reggae and Dub records - will be set up for visitors to Printed Matter to play while they see the show. On opening night, Selector Ras Kush and Selector Joe Hova will spin Dub music on the infamous Tom Sachs Guru Yard Style Sound system.

Tom Sachs is an artist whose work operates on the do-it-yourself principle of bricolage. His Nutsy's installation, originally commissioned by the Bohen Foundation, New York and re-created for the Deutsche Guggenheim this past summer, used foam core, hot glue, plywood, steel, scavenged street lumber, asphalt, a radar gun, liquor, turntables and LPs, to build a 4,000-square-foot pavilion hosting, among other feats of down home engineering, a 1:25 scale model of Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation and a homemade, fully operational McDonald's. Viewer-operated remote-control cars sped through this expertly hand-crafted universe on an elevated racetrack - through a model ghetto and modernist art park with mandatory stops along the way at the bong-hit station and piss station.

Nutsy's - and Sachs' work in general - is deeply, if ambivalently, engaged with questions of mass production and consumption. By playing the resourcefulness of bricolage off of the grandiosity of modernism and the banality of consumer culture, he simultaneously critiques, embraces and re-invents the world. This world, like the world from which it is maniacally spun off, is governed by its own set of rules and esthetic criteria. The Nutsy's Seal of Approval is Tom Sachs' boundary-blurring brand, and for the holiday season Printed Matter is offering Nutsy's Approved selections from our inventory along with everything you need to participate in the official Nutsy's Holiday Spectacular: sharpies, lighters, patches, stickers, tape, wrapping paper, posters, post cards and even an official, limited edition Nutsy's remote control racecar.

Support for this exhibition and catalogue have been generously provided from Mickey and Janice Cartin, and Furthmore: A Program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund.

All Nutsy's Approved products are available for purchase at Printed Matter, through our catalog and on our website. For additional information, please contact David Platzker, Executive Director, Printed Matter, Inc., at (212) 925-0325.

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 has received support, in part, through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York Arts Recovery Fund, The Altria Group, Inc., Art for Art's Sake, Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Fifth Floor Foundation, Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, Heyday Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, The New York Community Trust, LEF Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Women's Studio Workshop, and private foundations and individuals worldwide.

Printed Matter, Inc. is not affiliated with, nor a division of, any other non-profit organization

In the image:'Deluxe Racing Set', 2003.

Opening Reception Saturday November 22, 6 - 8 PM

Printed Matter Inc.
535 West 22nd Street
New York

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