Jan Dibbets

Jan Dibbets
Roodborst territorium/Sculptuur 1969, 1969
3679-BK

4 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (12 x 18.2 cm)

Printed in west Germany. In English - Robin Redbreast's territory: April-June. Köln, Gebr. König; New York: Seth Siegelaub, 1970.Artist's book. Black and white. Wrappers. Perfect bound. Text in Dutch, English, French and German. Very good condition. 7.25 x 4.75". Unpaginated. 32 pages. "Many of the publications of Seth Siegelaub, for instance occupied a liminal space between documentation and art. Jan Dibbets's booklet Roodborst territorium / Sculptuur 1969 / Robin Redbreast's Territory / Sculpture 1969 . . . documents his attempts to enlarge a robin’s territory. He describes how he 'laid out the form of the new territory with small poles, like a drawing on the ground,' thereby drawing the robin out beyond the thicket in the Amsterdam park that was its customary habitat. 'The idea was to change, to enlarge the territory into a form that pleased me.... The sculpture was comprised by the movements of the bird between the erected poles.' But he then goes on to say, 'This sculpture-drawing can never be seen in its entirety; only through its documentation can the viewer reconstruct its form in his mind.'"

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