Description
“Aktionen: Happenings und Demonstrationen seit 1965. Eine Dokumentation von Wolf Vostell”. Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1970. Softcover 8vo in pictorial wrappers. Unpaginated. Text in German. Reading creases along spine, age toning and trace amounts of foxing to insides of folded covers, and some of the lamination beginning to detach. Previous owners name stamp to title page else clean. Overall a good to very good copy
First edition. Vostell’s comprehensive and densely illustrated survey documenting happenings, performances, and art as they relate to anti-establishment ideas between 1965 – 1970. With contributions including texts, collages, photographs, artwork, essays, and articles by Jean-François Bory and Jochen Gerz of Agentzia, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Allan Kaprow, Dick Higgins, Allen Ginsberg, Ben Vautier, Documenta, Guerilla Art, and several others. A powerful and political tome which feels more like an artists’ book
