Kjartan Slettemark, Nixon Head Catalog No 1

Stockholm, Hu Vudbladet Press, 1972. First edition. Softcover, 21 x 15 cm, approx. 100 pp. profusely ill. in b/w. Artists’ book/catalogue for a travelling show to Moderna Museet Stockholm, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, UKS Oslo, Norrköpings Konstmuseum et al. This copy inscribed to Peter van Beveren, ‘This is the catalogue for Nixon Visions used in Scandinavia. Hope you can arrange exhibitions in Amsterdam soon. From Kjartan of Sweden and Norway.’ Stamp of Art Information Centre on first page, mounted artists’ label on page 5. Good copy, very rare.

Kjartan Slettemark (1932 - 2008) was a Swedish-Norwegian artist known for his performances and politically themed works. In the 1970s he worked on his ‘Nixon Visions’, a controversial series of collages featuring the former American president Richard Nixon in a fictional commercial for Swedish coffee. In the 1970s, Slettemark's passport photo featured a doctored image of Nixon adorned with the artist's own hair and beard.