THE ESTATE OF GENERAL IDEA Life & Work

General Idea Life & Work by Sarah E.K. Smith Videos by General Idea General Idea videos are rented and sold through the New York City–based non-profit Electronic Arts Intermix, which also offers free screenings by appointment. Several institutions hold in their collections videos by General Idea, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York (which also has a copy of General Idea’s only film, God is My Gigolo); Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Kunsthaus Zürich; and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. The Banff Centre for the Arts library also lends General Idea videos. Further Reading Bordowitz, Gregg. General Idea: Imagevirus. London: Afterall, 2010. General Idea 1968–1984, exhibition catalogue, texts by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Tim Guest, General Idea, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 1984. General Idea Editions 1967–1995, edited by Barbara Fischer. Toronto: Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 2003. General Idea: FILE Megazine, edited by Beatrix Ruf. JRP/Ringier, Zurich, 2008. General Idea’s Fin de siècle, exhibition catalogue (texts by Joshua Decter, Friedmann Malsch, Louise Dompierre, Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Jean-Christophe Ammann), Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 1992. General Idea’s PHARMA©OPIA, exhibition catalogue (texts by Brigitte Rambaud, JeanChristophe Ammann, General Idea), Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, 1992. General Idea: A Retrospective 1969–1994, edited by Frédéric Bonnet. Zurich: JRP Ringier, 2011. Monk, Philip. “A Space in Toronto: a History,” Künstler aus Kanada, Stuttgart: Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1983, pp. 119–20; German translation, pp. 116–117. Access via: http://www.philipmonk.com/a-space-a-history-1983. –––. Glamour Is Theft: A User’s Guide to General Idea. Toronto: Art Gallery of York University, 2012. Scott, Kitty, and Jonathan Shaughnessy. Art Metropole The Top 100. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2006. Trescher, Stephan. General Idea. Die Kanadishe Künstlergruppe. Nürnberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, 1996. German-language edition only. 122 Cover of Glamour is Theft: A User’s Guide to General Idea by Philip Monk

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