DEVOS, Danny and Anne‑Mie van KERCKHOVEN. Force Mental rvstd.

(Antwerp, Belgium): Club Moral, 2010.  First edition.  Softcover.  29.7cm by 21cm.  602 pages.  Facsmilie of all of the issues of the zine, Force Metal which was published on occasion of the exhibition Club Moral rvst (an initative of the Research Group Archives and Avant-Gardes, Archivolt) in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, November 16 – 26, 2010.  Club Moral was founded in 1981 by artists Anne‑Mie van Kerckhoven and Danny Devos in a factory building in Borgerhout (a district of Antwerp), they organised numerous exhibitions, performances concerts, lectures, film shows and plays both of Belgian and International artists.  From 1982 onwards the collective also published the zine Force Mental as an extra platform for their activities. The volume here reproduces all 16 issues published between 1982 and 2010.  Text a mix of Dutch and English.  A very good copy.  Uncommon.  This first printing was published in an edition of 100 copies, as were five subsequent printings, now all sold out.

$165.00

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