Tietjen, AA Bronson. 1969 – 2000 KONZEPTKUNSt AKTFOTOGRAFIE

Bronson – Tietjen, Friedrich (Hrsg.).
AA Bronson (d. i. Michael Tims). 1969 – 2000. (Katalog zur Ausstellung
5.10. – 26.11.2000 in der Künstlervereinigung der Secession). Wien,
Künstlervereinigung der Secession 2000. 4°. [2] Bl., 36 S., [2] Bl. mit
30 teils farb. Abb. Orig.-Kartonumschlag.

Katalog der ersten Einzelausstellung
in Europa der kanadischen Konzeptkünstlers. – „AA Bronson OC RCA (born
Michael Tims in Vancouver in 1946) is an artist. He was a founding
member of the artists’ group General Idea, was president and director of
Printed Matter, Inc., and started the NY Art Book Fair and the LA Art
Book Fair. … In 1969, Bronson’s involvement in communes and radical
education theories and practices took him to Toronto, to investigate the
Rochdale College experiment.[6] It was through some of the members of
Rochdale College that Bronson deepened his friendships with Felix Partz
and Jorge Zontal (each having arrived in Toronto for different reasons).
They, along with several others, became involved in the countercultural
performance and „happenings“ scene that centered around Toronto’s
Theatre Passe Muraille. Through Theatre Passe Muraille, Bronson
apprenticed with Coach House Press (he also did graphic design for Passe
Muraille). The General Idea artists group, initially a loose collective
of five to seven people, was founded in 1969 by Bronson, Jorge Zontal
and Felix Partz, Partz’s then-girlfriend Mimi Paige, and Granada Gazelle
(a.k.a. Granada Venne or Sharon Venne). … The three worked and lived
together for 25 years, until their collaboration was terminated with the
death of both Zontal and Partz in 1994“ (Wikipedia). – Gutes Exemplar.