Ha Schult
Collection of materials, mid 1970s - mid 1980s
Artists' books, ephemera, posters all related to Schult’s actions mid 1970s- mid 1980s.. Germany, Italy, NYC. Variable sizes.
HAS003
$ 1,200.00
“Jetzt! Zeit…”
1980
limited edition exhibition poster, Museum Ludwig
SIGNED and NUMBERED 188/250
image: “Venezia Vive” with HA Schult, Piazza San Marco, 1976
“Jetzt! Zeit…”
1980
flier with Schult stamped envelope (postmarked), Museum Ludwig
exhibition and action invitation
“Jetzt! Zeit…”
1980
Museum Ludwig…..
exhibition catalog
SIGNED with a dedication and DATED
“Now!”
Ein Aktionszyklus von HA Schult (A Cylce of action with HA Schult)
New York, 1983
2- folded brochures, black and white offset printed
Press and information on Schult’s weekend long action (“Now!”) in NYC which involved a planeload of German collectors, curators, cultural officials, journalists, photographers, TV and radio crews, and other art lovers all flown to NYC and then transported around the city in four school busses and 48 black limousines, 600,000 pages of the New York Times, a grand piano (piano player and opera singer), a sanitation sweeper and the city of New York.
Double-sided postcard.
Offset printed black and white. One side shows photo of opera singer accompanied by person playing piano amid trash and the other side announces the showing of the 1976 HA Schult film, “Venezia Vive”.
Car Rodeo
Roman Amphitheatre, Xanten, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980
Double-sided announcement card, with envelope addressed to (artist) Jurgen H. Meyer. SIGNED by Schult on front and backside. Front side of postcard is an image of the sculpture/action, Car Rodeo. Back side announces the presentation of the piece on the last day of the year (1980). Greeting states that Ha and Elke (Ha's ‘muse’ at the time), “on the last day of the old year.... wish our friends all the best for future art adventurers.”
“Venezia Vive” (ca late 1970s) and “Ruhr-Tour” (ca 1980)
2- offset printed black and white newspapers on heavy stock. Photos throughout by Harry Shunk.
Stories and photos on Schult’s many actions.
“Ruhr-Tour” SIGNED and dated
HA Schult, Elke Koska and another man
1983
xerox of Harry Shunk photo. SIGNED by HA
3- letters on HA Schult letterhead
2 letters to Jürgen H. Meyer, 1980 and 1983 both signed by Elk Koska
1 letter acknowledges meeting Mr. Meyer and includes more info on HA, the other letter discusses a HA piece for Mr. Meyer to consider.
Includes a SIGNED (“THE HA SCHULT DOER”) business card. Jürgen Meyer is a German Postwar & Contemporary painter
1 letter to Dr. Jens Christian Jensen, 1979
The letter asks Dr. Jensen to manage HA and Elke’s estate. It is signed by both HA and Elke. Includes a SIGNED (“THE HA SCHULT DOER”) business card. Jens Christian Jensen (1928 –2013) was a German art historian and curator. Jensen was the author of numerous writings on medieval sculpture, on 19th and 20th century painting and drawing, and on contemporary art
2- paper flyers
Pink flier invites visitors to a press conference, “New York is Berlin”, 1985
“Jetzt! Zeit…” , 1980
Black and white flyer announcing exhibition, Museum Ludwig
Ha Der Schult Macher
1978
Printed wraps, illustrated throughout, color and black and white. German Editors: HA Schult and Thiemann Eugen. Publisher: Rheinland-Verlag: Cologne. Includes announcement card for the book. SIGNED with a dedication by both HA and Elke to Dr. Jens Christian Jensen
Jens Christian Jensen (1928 –2013) was a German art historian and curator. Jensen was the author of numerous writings on medieval sculpture, on 19th and 20th century painting and drawing, and on contemporary art.
Ha Schult is a German installation, happening and conceptual artist known primarily for his object and performance art and more specifically for his work with trash. As his main medium, Schult has often been quoted as saying, “We produce trash, are born from trash, and will turn back into trash.” Schult, calls himself a “doer,” in that his interest is centered only on the non-repeatable process of doing, for Schult, art is life. Incorporating the car in many of his performances, Schult sees it both as a mechanism designed to protect as well as one to cause great harm. It can be used as a means to escape the world as well as an instrument to conquer it. It is also associated with Schult’s ongoing theme of trash. Since 2007 Schult has presented an award for the most environmentally conscious global car manufacturer.
“The most important material used by HA Schult for his attacks against an impassive, and waning cultural institution is garbage. Garbage used as a material of refusal and provocation.”_______Armin Zweite, 1974
