Fluxus and after

The Readymade Boomerang print portfolio acts as a bridge between the work of artists based in Europe and the United States, and their Australian counterparts. It was launched as a satellite project of the Eighth Biennale of Sydney in 1990 and as such was the brainchild of René Block - gallerist, organiser and supporter of many Fluxus artists. Including the work of twenty-one international artists, _ . . . . z_. z ... I%T many of whom were X -TY 3K.AL ___ 24M F working with print media for the first time, the portfolio reflects the themes which underpinned the Biennale. Based on the idea that the innovations introduced by Duchamp, Man Ray and Picabia in 1914-20 have had, and continue to have, a profound influence on the art produced since, this portfolio represents a constellation of images which provocatively tell the story of art in terms of the readymade. Taking their lead from these three masters of Dadaist subversion, contributors to The Readymade Boomerang portfolio produced work which displays a disrespectful sense of humour, relentless iconoclasm and an inclination towards chance. Several Australian artists were represented including Peter Tyndall. In the company of John Cage, Emmett Williams and Ben Vautier, Tyndall similarly gives language a principal role in his screenprint, taking his Christian name and disassembling it as a metaphorforthe endless process of one orthodoxy breaking apart and being replaced by another. The Readymade Boomerang Print Portfolio 1990 5 prints from portfolio of 21, by various artists ed.A1 5/60 Published by Rene Block, Berlin Collection: Queensland Art Gallery John Cage (United States 1912-92) Methost/c[a 'mesostic'] 1989 Screenprint 70 x 100cm al'l ernatives I I to Harmony I c c 00 lift" spent finding them I n o w haRmony has changEd its nA tore it C001CS back to you it h i s no lass there is no alternative to it how Did that happen ' first o f all james tenne\ his varkse-given vision More recently dempster'n'p utine oliveros his first n a m e is stuartLW an improvisation calleD d m0 dEep listening cistern Beneath the surface Allan Kaprow (United States b.1927) Ben Vautier (France b.1935) O f the earth Yard 1990 Am / or is Australia far away? 1990 45 echo Offset Screenprint troMbonist 100 x 70cm 70 x 1 00c accordionist voicECn didjeRidu M P e t e r Tyndall (Australia b.1951( Emmett Williams (Germany b.1925( miAmi detail The X factor 1989 teNney's critical band also an accordion 9 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art! Screenprint with six other instruments the full reachinG of sound with sounds < someone looks at something... 1989 70 x 100cm Screenprint 100 x70cm CD 3Em AL VW' 310 C3 -a 311FOJ~ CW 30 M