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Various Artists, Beautiful Losers Catalog Box, 2006

Various Artists, Beautiful Losers Catalog Box, 2006

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Truly epic. A good two years in the making, this one had a lot of hard work and love put into it. We were really happy with the result. The idea was to enable people to have something of value that would encapsulate the art, and perhaps more importantly, the spirit of the Beautiful Losers project. Modeled after a military ammunition crate, the object itself was bespoke and artisanal in every respect: the wood, the custom cut high density industrial foam inserts, the layers upon layers of works ... the entire hand crafted assemblage had a ton of work put into it. All the objects were custom made for this box. 

Such great stuff in here. The signed and annotated photographs by Cheryl Dunn, Cynthia Connolly, and Craig R. Stecyk III are fantastic. The godfather, Stecyk, took it a step further: each print is different/unique to each box and he silkscreened text elements on top of each print. Every one of Barry McGee's hand drawn tag stickers is different, as are the original Geoff McFetridge drawings with an accompanying dvd animation. The woodblock print on Japanese rice paper by Evan Hecox is exquisite. Shepard Fairey and Rostarr's hand pulled silkscreen prints are equally beautiful, with Rostarr adding lots of hand painted elements to each. It's been fun to revisit this piece as there's just so much to it - you keep finding and appreciating different little elements each time. This one is a keeper and an artifact that will continue to grow in importance over the years. One for the books.

This piece is a monster with literally so many levels. All these years the Beautiful Losers Catalog Boxes that we decided to keep in the archive have never been properly photographed in detail. We unboxed one and took a lot of detail images to give a complete picture of its contents - something not properly done before by anyone. The box includes all kinds of multiples and original works made specifically and only for this box set. Here is a breakdown (by layer) of every item in the box.

Top Layer
Chris Johanson, Custom button set, Hand numbered edition of 100
Thomas Campbell, Special edition faux leather wallet
Phil Frost, Poster marker
Terry Richardson, Broadway Smilen glasses
James Jarvis, The Thin Blue Line figure in custom box, Signed

Second Layer
Andy Jenkins, Unique (per box) inkjet print, 11 x 8.5 inches, Signed edition of 100
Ed Templeton, Photograph with printed inscription, 8 x 10 inches, Edition of 100

Third Layer
Rostarr, Silkscreen print with unique hand painted finishing, 11 x 15 inches, Signed, dated, and numbered edition of 100
Mark Gonzales, Custom dye cut air freshener

Fourth Layer
Cheryl Dunn, C-print, 6 x 4 inches, Signed edition of 100
Mike Mills, The Architecture of Reassurance, Soft cover book
Craig Stecyk, Silkscreen on unique (per box) gelatin silver print, 4 x 6 inches, Signed edition of 100
Jo Jackson, Hand made flip book, Edition of 100
Barry McGee, Hand drawn tag on sticker (unique per box), Unique series of 100
Cynthia Connolly, Gelatin silver photograph,  4 x 6 inches, Signed and dated edition of 100
Ari Marcopoulos, I might be wrong, Hand made zine, Edition of 100

Fifth Layer
Mark Gonzales & Harmony Korine, Adulthood, Hand made zine, Edition of 100
Clare Rojas, Peggy Honeywell Faint Humms compact disk
Steve Powers, Handy Signs For People You Know In New York City, Custom dye cut sticker set, 12 x 10 inches, Edition of 100

Sixth Layer
Tobin Yelland, Fold out poster, Edition of 100
Todd James, Alive With Pleasure, Silkscreen on paper with printed signature, 6 x 4 inches, Numbered edition of 100
Ryan McGinness, Custom sticker set in silver envelope, Signed, dated, and numbered edition of 100

Seventh Layer
Geoff McFetridge, Unique graphite drawing with DVD animation of all 100 drawings in numbered envelope, Unique series of 100

Eighth Layer
Evan Hecox, Chinatown NYC, Wood block print on Japanese rice paper, 10 x 8 inches, Signed and numbered edition of 100
Shepard Fairey, Angela Davis, Silkscreen on paper, 10 x 8 inches, Signed, dated, and numbered edition of 100

Ninth Layer
Beautiful Losers, First edition, first printing in custom printed linen slipcase, Edition of 100

Various Artists
Beautiful Losers Catalog Box, 2006
Twenty-six artist objects in custom printed wooden crate
19.5 x 26 x 9.5 inches
Numbered edition of 100
Published on the occasion of the exhibit Beautiful Losers, 2004-2009

Exhibitions:

Transfer (traveling), 2008-2010
Outsiders, Paris, 2019

Provenance:

Iconoclast Editions
Beautiful Losers Archive

*Works and box have corresponding edition numbers*



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