Jim Allen: Poetry for Chainsaws & Hanging by a Thread II (English and German Edition)

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Instrumental in the development of post-object and performance-based art in Australasia, Jim Allen's exhibition and educational history is extensive. During his tenure as Head of Sculpture and Associate Professor at Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, from 1968-1976 Allen produced seminal exhibitions such as Small Worlds at Barry Lett Gallery (1969), Arena (1970) and the three-part performance Contact at the Auckland Art Gallery (1974). Relocating to Australia in 1976 Allen was central in the development of the Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide and Founding Head of Sydney College of the Arts (1977-87). Jim Allen was also the co-editor (with Wystan Curnow) of New Art: Some recent New Zealand sculpture and post-object art, 1976. In 2000 Allen presented the video works Contact, Post Objective and Hanging by a Thread at Artspace, Auckland and in 2006 Allen re-staged his 1976 performance, Poetry For Chainsaws, at Michael Lett, Auckland; News at the Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth; and the two-part installation O-AR at St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland. Book translation by Anita Goetthans; design by In House Design; cover printed on Munken Lynx 240gsm and Eskaboard 1500 microns; Content printed on Munken Lynx 130gsm; type set in Utopia (designed by Robert Slimbach, 1989); Overall size: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches; edition of 250.