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Living & Loving #1—The Biography of Donald Cappy
By Aleksandra Mir, 2002
A 32 page; A3 size; full colour publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 11 x 17" paper) Commissioned by Polly Staple, Cubitt, London, 2002. Edited by Aleksandra Mir & Polly Staple Designed by Silke Roch Co-Published by Cubitt, London and Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Original Print Edition: 5000 ISBN: 0-9532765-1-1 The project is the public dissemination of one ordinary man's extraordinary life. Originally printed in an edition of 5000 copies, it was distributed for FREE from Cubitt, London, in collaboration with the DCA, Dundee, for the show Ill Communication, 1/2003. Donald's life story was further disseminated through collaborating art spaces throughout the world who received a surprise gift of 100 to give away for FREE. The project is now out of print but you can download a PDF version HERE (7,5Mo). SEE project description and texts on Living & Loving |
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Living & Loving #2—The Biography of Zoe Stillpass
By Aleksandra Mir, 2004
A 24 page; A3 size; full colour publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 11 x 17" paper) Commissioned by Polly Staple, 2004. Edited by Aleksandra Mir & Polly Staple Designed by Silke Roch Editorial assistant Kitty Anderson Published and distributed by Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London, 15-18 October 2004 Original Print Edition: 10,000 ISBN: 0-952741466 The project is the public dissemination of one ordinary woman's extraordinary life, as told by her parents. Originally printed in an edition of 10,000 copies, it was distributed for FREE from Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London, 15-18 October 2004. You can download a PDF version HERE (3,5Mo). SEE project description and texts on Living & Loving |
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Living & Loving #3—The Biography of Mitchell Wright
By Aleksandra Mir, 2006 A 24 page; A3 size; full colour publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 11 x 17" paper) Produced by Polly Staple, 2006. Edited by Aleksandra Mir & Polly Staple Designed by Silke Roch Editorial assistance by Kitty Anderson & Edwige Cochois Distributed by White Columns, 320 West 13th Street, New York NY 10014, June 2006. Original Print Edition: 5,000 ISBN: 0-9552848 / ISBN: 978-0-9552848-0-9 The project is the public dissemination of one ordinary man's extraordinary life. Originally printed in an edition of 5,000 copies, it was distributed for FREE from White Columns, 320 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10014, June 2006. You can download a PDF version HERE (4,2Mo). SEE project description and texts on Living & Loving |
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Man with Artificial Heart
A poem by Aleksandra Mir. after a NY Times article by Lawrence K. Altman, Saturday, December 1, 2001. A 14 page; 5.5 x 8" size; full color publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8.5 x 11" paper) Published by Aleksandra Mir, 2002 Printed in a edition of 42 on my inkjet at home For my friends, Valentine's Day, 2002. The publication is now out of print but you can download a PDF version HERE (263Ko). SEE project description and texts on Man with Artificial Heart |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2002 A 56 page; A3 size; two color publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 11 x 17" paper) Edited and designed by Aleksandra Mir Independently published by Aleksandra Mir with Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NYC / Greengrassi, London The paper is still available from Greengrassi 1a Kempsford Road London SE11 4NU T: 020 7387 8747 F: 020 7388 3555 info@greengrassi.com www.greengrassi.com Original Print Edition: 1,000 New York's Hometown Newspaper. Printed in an edition of 1000 on the first anniversary of '9-11', to reclaim my birthday on the same day. Based on an open editorial policy which aimed at confronting the media control of original 9-11 coverage, it included over 100 contributions on every possible subject, solicited from my friends and accepted as birthday gifts. You can download a PDF version HERE (26,6Mo). SEE project description and texts on Daily News |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2003 A 60 page; 9 x 11"; full color publication (PDF size original to fit 11 x 17" paper) Commissionned by Beatrix Ruf, Ringier, Zurich, 2002. Visual concept and Design by Aleksandra Mir Project management by Myrta Bugini and Prisca Wolfensberger Communications, Ringier AG Dufourstrasse 23 CH-8008 Zurich Original print edition: 2000 in each language/ ENG/ FR/ GER HELLO Ringier was created during a two month residency at the company's headquarters in Zurich, February-March 2003. It it based on the company's photographic archives (which with 10 million images comprise one of Switzerland's largest image banks) and the personal photography of contributing employees. The result takes the form of the Ringier's annual report, printed in 3 languages and in an edition of 6000. Release date: April 2003. The publication is now out of print but you can download a PDF version HERE. German (5,4Mo) French (5,4Mo) English (5,4Mo) SEE project description and texts on HELLO Ringier |
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Corporate Mentality
By Aleksandra Mir and John Kelsey, 2003 Editors: Aleksandra Mir and John Kelsey Contributing Editors: Onome Ekeh, Alex Farquharson, Bennett Simpson Designers: Studio 191, New York Publisher: Lukas & Sternberg Inc. 1182 Broadway # 1602 New York, New York, 10001 Phone 2121 481 0362 www.lukas-sternberg.com 2003, Softcover 12x9in, 256pp, 250 color reproductions Release date: Spring 2003 Distribution USA: RAM Distribution Europe: Vice Versa Cover photograph: Jason Schmidt Copyright: The Authors c 2001 ISBN: 0-9711193-1-7 Corporate Mentality documents the emergence of recent practices within a cultural sphere occupied by both business and art. Based on an archive (1995-2001) maintained by Aleksandra Mir, it presents a diverse spectrum of artists who take on business as site, as material, and as subject of their work. Calling for a reassessment of the function of art in late-capitalist society, Corporate Mentality focuses on the complex and ambiguous ways artistic production inhabits corporate processes, abandoning the autonomy of the artwork, in order to elaborate resistant approaches to a world increasingly determined by commercial strategies and market concerns. Download a PDF of the book HERE (96.5Mo). |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2003 24 pages; 5 x 7" size; full color publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8.5 x 11" paper) Published at the occasion of the High Desert Test Sites, Spring Event 2003 Laserprinted in an edition of 125 for all other participants of the event Produced on the invitation of Andrea Zittel, Shaun Caley-Regen, John Connelly, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Andy Stillpass htds@highdeserttestsites.com www.highdeserttestsites.com/ How to Be a Joshua Tree is a fanzine that came out of the short Home Road Movie with the same name. Home Road Movies is simply the accumulation of short videos I am shooting on my travels. They are brief studies of moving phenomena and also documentation of smaller impromptu performances. The project started in January 2002, on my first visit ever to California, with a series of shorts (1-3 minutes) shot out in Joshua Tree. SEE the movie. READ an interview about it. The fanzine is now out of print but you can download a PDF version HERE (2,4Mo). |
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Danes in The Sun
By Aleksandra Mir, 2004 A 32 page; 40 x 56 cm (broadsheet); full color publication (PDF size adpated to fit 11 x 17" paper) Commissioned By Jacob Fabricius, Socle du Monde, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning and IB&CO, Ikast, 2004 Concept, Interviews and Design by Aleksandra Mir Project coordinator: Lene Eriksen Art Director: Steen Mikkelsen IB&Co, Straget 38, DK-7430 Ikast, Denmark. Tel.+45 97 25 26 27, e-mail: ibco@ibco.dk , www.ibco.dk This publication was put together during a brief 5-day residency (March 21-26, 2004) at communications bureau IB&CO, Ikast—a Danish town of 23.000 inhabitants. The project is part of the art biennial Socle du Monde which fosters a tradition of artists collaborating with local industries, initiated by the shirt manufacturer Aage Damgaard who invited Piero Manzoni to work there in the 1950s. The 2004 edition of this show is curated by Jacob Fabricius. The photographs and stories herein were gathered through the local historical archives of Ikast, the press archives of Ikast newspaper, Herning Art Museum photo archive, and the staff at IB&CO and by contributions from people whom answered my local ad Danes in the Sun. The print version is distributed for FREE as long as the edition lasts. Contact: ibco@ibco.dk or download a PDF version HERE (4,3Mo). SEE project description and texts on Danes in the Sun |
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Finding Photographs
By Aleksandra Mir, 2004
A 16 page; A5 size; full color publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8.5 x 11" paper) Commissioned by Jacob Fabricius, Socle du Monde, 2004 Published by Herning Kunstmuseum Birk Centerpark 3 DK-7400 Herning T +45 97 12 10 33 F 45 97 12 79 12 mail@herningkunstmuseum.dk www.herningkunstmuseum.dk/ www.socledumonde.dk/ Original Print Edition: 1000 ISBN: 87-88367-40-1 This pamphlet was produced as my catalogue for the Socle du Monde Biennial in Herning 2004, as a companion to Danes in the Sun, the newspaper produced for this show. Finding Photographs is a poetic manifesto / descriptive workbook on my general approach to found photography. Using sample photographs from previous projects and exhibitions, I discuss the logistics behind my gathering and organizational methods, arguing for the circulation of culture and claiming the 'spaces between photographs' to be my work. The print version is available for purchase from Herning Kunstmuseum as long as the edition lasts, or you can download a PDF version HERE (186Ko). |
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Che and Concorde
By Aleksandra Mir, 2004
A 8 page; 5 x 7" size; full color publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8,5 x 11" paper) Commissioned by The Whitney Biennial, New York, 2004 Curated by Chrissie Iles, Shamin M.Momin, and Debra Singer Published by the Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street New York, NY 10021 www.whitney.org Distributed by Harry N.Abrams www.abramsbooks.com Steidl Publishers www.steidl.de ISBN: 0-87427-139-9 Che and Concorde combines two stunning visuals, once energetic and powerful but now obsolete. One is a symbol of revolution, the other of technologiacl advancement and aesthetic perfection. The combined lost potency of both, a sign of my times. The new composite image is at once an expression of political desilusion and nostalgia for more idealistic times. Original project produced in booklet format for the artists' section of the Whitney Biennial catalogue, 2004. Download a PDF version of the booklet HERE (395Ko). SEE project description and texts on Che and Concorde READ my interview with Jim Fitzpatrick, the original designer of the Che poster |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2004 A 113 pages; 11 x 8.5" size; color publication. My log and sketchbook from the journey to Antarctica in 2004 on Pierre Huyghes initial invitation. I spent in total 7 weeks on board Tara 5 as we sailed from Ushuaia to Antarctica and back, stayed asthe boat made its way through Patagonia and eventually landed in Buenos Aires. The drawings depict the mundane life on board and show seasons changing as the landscape goes from slick icebergs to lush vegetation. Orginally produced as a xerox copy publication for all 17 members of the expedition, it was included in the collection of the Explorers Club in Manhattan in January 2007, the ceremony of which there is also now a certificate in the back. Download a low resolution PDF HERE (11.4Mo) and a high resolution HERE (44.6Mo). SEE project description and texts on Antarctica |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2005 A 24 pages; 22 x 16.5" size; b&w publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8,5 x 11" paper) Published by: Galeria Joan Prats Rambla de Catalunya 54 Barcelona 08007 www.galeriajoanprats.com and greengrassi 1a Kempsford Road London SE11 4NU www.greengrassi.com Reproductions of 20 huge US maps created with Sharpie markers and 16 assistants in May 2005. Three central photo spreads also depict the activities in the studio as we listened to the wide variety of music everyone brought in, shared lunches and stories, invented a language and developed a cult around this magnificient household marker. Download a PDF of the book HERE (30,6Mo). SEE project description and texts on The Church of Sharpie |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2006 A 150 pages; 12.43 x 9.84" size; b&w publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8,5 x 11" paper) Layout: Aleksandra Mir and Christophe Boutin Cover and typesetting: Christophe Boutin Proof: Ken Hollings Research: Edwige Cochois and Daniela Lo Re Published by: onestar press 16, rue Trolley de Prévaux 75013 Paris France info@onestarpress.com www.onestarpress.com This is my workbook, manifesto and love letter to the Sharpie marker. The cropped closeups of 105 selected drawings produced between 2003 - 2006 represent my drawing vocabulary to date. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Order directly from onestar press as long as the edition lasts or download a PDF of the book HERE (26,2Mo). |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2006 A 15 page; 8.66 x 11.93"; black and white publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 11 x 7" paper) Edited by Mirjam Varadinis and the Kunsthaus Zürich Assistenz Ausstellungen Winkelwiese 4 8001 Zürich T: +41 1253 84 22 F: +41 1253 84 33 www.kunsthaus.ch Design: Nick Stone Text: Ken Hollings Published by: edition fink, Verlag für zeitgenössische Kunst/Contemporary Art Publishers, Zürich www.editionfink.ch Original Print Edition: 1500 ISBN-10: 3-906574-36-9 ISBN-13: 978-3-906574-36-3 This map was published in conjunction with the exhibition Aleksandra Mir – Switzerland and Other Islands held at the Kunsthaus Zürich from August 18 - October 8, 2006. You can download a PDF version of the poster HERE (3,1Mo), and of the cover and the texts HERE (4,2Mo). SEE project description and texts on Switzerland and Other Islands |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2006 A 112 pages; 30 x 21 cm size; color publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8,5 x 11" paper) Editorial direction: Laurent Godin Editorial coordination: Virginie Jaquet Layout: Christophe Boutin Photography: Uwe Walter Published by: onestar press 16, rue Trolley de Prévaux 75013 Paris France info@onestarpress.com www.onestarpress.com and Galerie Laurent Godin 5 rue du Grenier Saint Lazare 75003 Paris France info@laurentgodin.com www.laurentgodin.com This books serves as my catalogue for the exhibition Mouvement Organisé, Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, January 28 - March 04, 2006. SEE installation shots from the exhibition HERE. First edition limited to 600. Order directly from onestar press as long as the edition lasts or download a PDF of the book HERE (55,2Mo). |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2006 A 83 pages; 9,65 x 13,59" size; color publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8,5 x 11" paper) Photography: Simona Scaduto Graphic design: Silvia Todaro Published by: Sternberg Press Caroline Schneider Linienstraße 159, D-10115 Berlin 1182 Broadway #1602, New York, NY-10001 www.sternberg-press.com mail@sternberg-press.com ISBN-10 1-933128-23-2 ISBN-13 978-1-933128-23-8 This books serves as my catalogue for the exhibition The Meaning of Flowers presented by GAVLAK, Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, December 7 - 10, 2006. SEE installation shots from the exhibition HERE. Order directly from Sternberg Press as long as the edition lasts or download a PDF of the book HERE (157Mo). |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2007 A 160 pages; 9 x 12,5" size; color publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8,5 x 11" paper) Editorial direction: Laurent Godin & onestar press Editorial coordination: Virginie Jacquet Editorial assistance: Edwige Cochois Layout and typesetting: Christophe Boutin Published by: onestar press 16, rue Trolley de Prévaux 75013 Paris France info@onestarpress.com www.onestarpress.com and Galerie Laurent Godin 5 rue du Grenier Saint Lazare 75003 Paris France info@laurentgodin.com www.laurentgodin.com First edition limited to 700 copies. Order directly from onestar press as long as the edition lasts or download the low res version HERE (32,2Mo). SEE project description and texts on The Big Umbrella |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2007 with photography by Justin Beal after TENTH STREET: A GEOGRAPHY OF MODERN ART by Harold Rosenberg published in Art News Annual, The Art Foundation Press, New York, 1959. |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2007 A 255 pages; 11 x 14" size; b&w publication. (PDF size adapted to fit 8,5 x 11" paper) Edited by Aleksandra Mir Newsroom 1986-2000, September 15 - October 27, 2007 Published by: Mary Boone Gallery 745 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10151 T: (212) 752 2929 F: (212) 752 3939 info@maryboonegallery.com www.maryboonegallery.com ISBN: 978-0-9801715-0-1 Download a PDF of the book HERE (44,6Mo). SEE project description on Newsroom 1986-2000 |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2007 with text by Ken Hollings A 24 pages; 11,69 x 16,54" size; artist's calendar. (PDF size adapted to fit 11 x 17" paper) Edited by Aleksandra Mir Published by: The Arts Catalyst Toynbee Studios 28 Commercial Street London E1 6LS - UK www.artscatalyst.org ISBN: 9780953454655 Artist's calendar documents the construction and dismantling of the spectacular rocket Gravity, a monumental ephemeral sculpture. Limited edition. Order directly from Cornerhouse or in person from Tate Modern Shop as long as the edition lasts or download a PDF of the calendar HERE (6,6Mo). SEE project description on Gravity |
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2008 A 122 pages; 7,48 x 7,48" size; (PDF size adapted to fit 11 x 17" paper) Edited by: Fundacion NMAC Montenmedio Arte Contemoporaneo Ctra. N.340 11150 Vejer de la Frontera Cádiz. España T: +34 956 455 134 F: +34 956 455 135 www.fundacionnmac.com Love@fundacionnmac.com This is the catalogue of Love Stories project, by Aleksandra Mir. After she announced her idea of compiling one thousand love stories, a total of 10,000 postcards were distributed, and everything was put into place in order to promote the project to a maximum number of people, in every corner of the world. All stories have been compiled in this photo-illustrated guidebook, an inventory of love narratives pointing to each particular tree. Order directly from Fundacion NMAC or download a PDF of the book HERE (6,6Mo). SEE project description on Love Stories |
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Cinema for the Unemployed
By Aleksandra Mir, 1998 Poster, 11 x 17". Produced for the exhibition Momentum, Moss, 1998. Download the original version of the poster HERE (188Ko). SEE project description and texts on Cinema for the Unemployed |
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Top Secret
By Aleksandra Mir, 2000 Poster, 22.83 x 18.50". Produced for the exhibition FLAKK, or that extraordinary sensation of being abroad even when at home, Nordic House, Reykjavik, 2000. Download the original version of the poster HERE (6,2Mo) or the 11 x 17" adapted size HERE (304Ko). SEE project description and texts on Top Secret |
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Naming Tokyo I
By Aleksandra Mir, 2003 Poster, 39,37 x 27,56". Produced for the exhibition GNS (Global Navigation System), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2003. Download the original version of the poster HERE (14,9Mo) or the 11 x 17" adapted size HERE (624Ko). SEE project description and texts on Naming Tokyo |
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Naming Tokyo II
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Not everything is Black or White
By Aleksandra Mir, 2004 Poster, 23 x 33,33". Produced for the exhibition Communism, Project Art Space, Dublin, 2004. Printed on the back is a phone conversation between the author of the poster collage, Aleksandra Mir (New York) and the creator of the original Che Guevara poster, Jim Fitzpatrick, (Dublin). Download the original version of the poster HERE (472Ko). SEE project description and texts on Che and Concorde |
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Aeropuerto
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005 Poster, 39,37 x 27,56". Produced for the exhibition Aeropuerto, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, 2005. Download the original version of the poster HERE (4,5Mo) or the 11 x 17" adapted size HERE (400Ko). SEE project description and texts on Airplanes |
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The 21st Century Abortion Abolishionists
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005 Poster, 58 x 42,4". Produced for the exhibition NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion, Andrew Roth, New York, 2005. Download the 13 x 19" adapted size of the poster HERE (18,3Mo). SEE project description and texts on New Designs |
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Keep Abortion Legal
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005 Poster, 58 x 42,4". Produced for the exhibition NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion, Andrew Roth, New York, 2005. Download the 11 x 17" adapted size of the poster HERE (56Ko). SEE project description and texts on New Designs |
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What Would You Do?
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005 Poster, 58 x 42,4". Produced for the exhibition NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion, Andrew Roth, New York, 2005. Download the 11 x 17" adapted size of the poster HERE (2,5Mo). SEE project description and texts on New Designs |
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Please be Gentle in Fallujah
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005 Poster, 58 x 42,4". Produced for the exhibition NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion, Andrew Roth, New York, 2005. Download the 11 x 17" adapted size of the poster HERE (468Ko). SEE project description and texts on New Designs |
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Help
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005 Poster, 58 x 42,4". Produced for the exhibition NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion, Andrew Roth, New York, 2005. Download the 11 x 17" adapted size of the poster HERE (2,4Mo). SEE project description and texts on New Designs |
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Reincarnations '05
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005 Invitation card, 8 x 10". Produced for the exhibition NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion, Andrew Roth, New York, 2005. Download the original size of the invitation HERE (2,4Mo). SEE project description and texts on New Designs |
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Reincarnations '05
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005 Poster, 58 x 42,4". Produced for the exhibition NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion, Andrew Roth, New York, 2005. Download the 11 x 17" adapted size of the poster HERE (2,4Mo). SEE project description and texts on New Designs |
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