Jurgen Kramer

Sans Titre. Yearbook 1980s. The 80s. No. 7/8 [Throbbing Gristle]

Gelsenkirchen: Jurgen Kramer, 1981. Offset on different colored papers. In wraps. 175pp. Text in German, French, and English. 9 ¾ x 12 ½ in. Very good, with light edge-wear to wraps, first leaf detached, and second leaf almost detached. Item #6580

The experimental art magazine published by Jurgen Kramer dealing extensively with post-punk and new wave; this issue features a profile of Throbbing Gristle.

Looking to process the cutting transformations in music and art inspired by post-punk, the magazine gathered numerous partly colored, partly grotesque illustrations alongside texts in French, German, and English. Photographs of ancient statues are juxtaposed with pictures of dead or disfigured babies, selections from Marinetti’s 1909 Futurist Manifesto precedes composition notes from Conlon Nacarrow, and all of this crossed with pictures of contemporary acts such as Throbbing Gristle.

Price: $250.00