General Idea
Life & Work by Sarah E. K. Smith
General Idea, The 1971 Miss General Idea Pageant, 1971 Poster, photo screen print on wove paper 101.6 x 66 cm
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
General Idea, General Idea’ s Test Tube, 1980 Photolithograph on wove paper 61.1 x 45.7 cm
General Idea, Test Pattern: T. V. Dinner Plate, 1988 Porcelain plate in cardboard box, label offset on paper Box: 24.5 x 31 x 2.8 cm, plate: 20 x 22.5 x 1.5 cm
General Idea, Eye of the Beholder, 1989 Chenille, embroidery on crest-shaped felt 24 x 21 cm
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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