A rare artist record and sonic memoir. Published in 1977 in an edition of only 100 copies, hand numbered and signed by the artist on the record label. The B-side features grey/black art by Nam June Paik. This extraordinary document captures Paik performing his radical reinterpretation of Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht at a Merce Cunningham dance event—playing the original 78 RPM record at 16 RPM, four times slower than intended. Paik writes in the liner notes: "In 2 weeks I will be 45. It i…
Original copies of this super rare single, comes in standard white cover. A fascinating glimpse into one of contemporary art's most intensive collaborations has emerged in the form of Arnulf Rainer & Dieter Roth's 'Ratio-Konditio gespräch', a rare 7" single that captures the raw creative dialogue between two titans of European avant-garde art.
From 1973 to 1980, Swiss-German artist Dieter Roth (1930-1998) and Austrian abstract expressionist Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929) forged what would become one of…