General Idea
Life & Work by Sarah E.K. Smith
General Idea, XXX (bleu), 1984
Installation resulting from a performance
Set of three acrylic on canvas, each 493.5 x 296 x 250 cm
Set of three poodle mannequins, straw, synthetic fur, acrylic, each standard breed
size 74 x 20 x 77 cm
Overall installation 350 x 988 x 143.5 cm
General Idea, AIDS, 1988–90
AIDS paintings, 1988, acrylic on canvas, each 243.7 x 243.7 cm
AIDS (Wallpaper), 1990, screen print on wallpaper, rolled 68.6 x 4.6 (diam.) cm,
unrolled 457 x 68.6 cm
Overall installation dimensions variable
General Idea, AIDS Ring, 1993/96
Sterling silver in black velvet–covered jewellery box, title card (photocopy on vellum), in
white-card box
Box: 7 x 6 x 4.5 cm, various ring sizes
General Idea, XXX Voto (for the Spirit of Miss General Idea), 1995
Offset publication, 128 pages, colour reproductions, black-linen hardcover with blue
hot-stamping
14.5 x 11 cm
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General Idea, General Idea’s Nazi Milk Glass from the Colour Bar Lounge, 1980
Drinking glass with offset adhesive label in plastic box with gold hot-stamping
Box: 15.3 x 10 (diam.) cm, glass: 15 x 9.2 (diam.) cm
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