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Raymond Hains
1926 - 2005
France
French artist, born in 1926.
In 1964, at the occasion of an exhibition at Iris Clert’s, Raymond Hains presents his first matchbooks.
They are a way of cocking a snook at the conceptual art, very in vogue then. The works are presented as the creations of two fictious artists:
-Saffa, an Italian solely dedicated to reproducing at a monumental scale matchbooks from Italian tobacco company, Saffa.
-Seita, his partner, who only reproduces French matches produced by French company Seita.
These works are not signed Hains, but Saffa / Seita © Raymond Hains.
In 1971, at the occasion of a personal exhibition at the galleria dell' Elefante, Hains achieves the second series of these works, which keep a very Pop aspect, esthetically speaking (one could think of Oldenburg or Warhol).
In 1964, at the occasion of an exhibition at Iris Clert’s, Raymond Hains presents his first matchbooks.
They are a way of cocking a snook at the conceptual art, very in vogue then. The works are presented as the creations of two fictious artists:
-Saffa, an Italian solely dedicated to reproducing at a monumental scale matchbooks from Italian tobacco company, Saffa.
-Seita, his partner, who only reproduces French matches produced by French company Seita.
These works are not signed Hains, but Saffa / Seita © Raymond Hains.
In 1971, at the occasion of a personal exhibition at the galleria dell' Elefante, Hains achieves the second series of these works, which keep a very Pop aspect, esthetically speaking (one could think of Oldenburg or Warhol).
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Raymond Hains
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