Ulises Carrión: We have won! Haven't we?

Ulises Carrión: We have won! Haven't we?
Author: Guy Schraenen
Publisher: Museum Fodor
Language: English, Dutch
Pages: 128
Size: 29.8 x 21 cm
Weight: 655 g
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9789090048308
Availability: In stock
Price: €280.00
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What does the kiss mean ?
Love ?
What about Judas' kiss ?

Ulises Carrión


Catalogue produced on the occasion of the exhibition held at Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, January 18 - February 23, 1992 and at Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, March-May 1992. Including texts by Ulises Carrión and essays by Guy Schraenen, Harry Ruhé, Rob Perrée and Annie Wright. A comprehensive survey of Dutch-Mexican artist, Ulises Carrión, who ran Other Books & So in Amsterdam, organised performances, happenings and shows.


"The death of Ulises Carrión in October 1989 probably affected most of the people who knew him far more deply than they had expected. A Mexican by birth, he adopted the role of outsider vis à vis Dutch culture yet felt perfectly at home in Amsterdam.
A fascinating friend and an assiduous artist.
Carrión saw life and art as being intricately related and acted accordingly in all of his many activities.
He was the maker of artists' books, a participant in the In-Out Center, the founder of Other Books and So, the curator of the Other Books and So Archive, a link in the Mail Art circuit, a video-maker, a performer and an initiator of projects.
And all of this took place within an international context but remained outside of the art world etablishment. It was only natural that some six months later a group of ten friends and acquaintances should meet at the instigation of Annie Wright, Maarten Sprenger and the Vereniging voor Media-kunstenaars. Those also present were: Nan Hoover, David Garcia, Raúl Marroquin, Michael Gibbs, Gerrit Jan de Rook, Frank Gribling, Harry Ruhé and Sebastián López. They agreed that Ulises Carrión's legacy remained of topical interest and should be brought to public attention, preferably by means of a book and an exhibition.
The various suggestions were inspiring but were also extremely diverse and ambitious.
A initial subsidy from the Amsterdamse Kunstraad provided not only the financial backing needed to inaugurate the project but also a clear vote of confidence.
A small work group was formed. At its request Guy Schraenen, Ulises Carrión's friend from Belgium, agreed to assume overall responsibility for this project. By now, curator Fred Wagemans had made known the Museum Fodor's intention to present aspects of recent art history sych as the Ulises Carrión Project where a central figure was active during the 1970s at both an international level and within the alternative Amsterdam circuit.
However, programming this exhibition involved considerable complications. This was because the museum's long-awaited renovation had finally got the go-ahead which left January / February of 1992 as the only available date for the show.
Fortunately, Guy Schraenen shouldered the almost impossible task of preparing both the book and the exhibition at such short notice. Here, he has been helped by his fellow-authors Rob Perrée (who discusses Carrión's videoworks), Harry Ruhé, (who describes the media projects) and Annie Wright (who has explored his interest in film).
That both the publication and exhibition have come to fruition is first and foremost due to the dedication of Guy Schraenen. Assisted by his wife Anne, he was responsible for the book's design and production and also for its main article.
Moreover, using his own archive, he has succeeded in realizing an exhibition comprising of both Ulises Carrión's own work and of the presentations that took place in Other Books and So.
Many thanks are also due to Adri de Bruijn who has assisted the work group so generously and selflessly. The successful outcome of all these activities also owes much to the coordinating Skills of Lidewijn Reckman who has managed this project from its very inception."

Lily van Ginneken, Introduction