General Idea. Five issues of File Megazine (1978-1984)

Published by Art Official, Toronto. All magazines 35.5 x 28 cm, 64 pp to 146 pp. (1) File, Vol. 4 No.1 Summer 1978: A Year in Pictures. Celebrates General Idea’s 10th anniversary. Small stamps by Rotterdamse Kunststichting on cover. Unfortunately a square of 17 x 20 cm is cut out on p. 33. (2) File, Vol. 4 No.2 Fall 1979. Special Transgressions Issue with contributions by Kathy Acker, Pasolini, Jimmy De Sana, Jean Genet et al.

(3) File, Vol. 4 No.3 Summer 1980. Special Global Downtown Issue. Contributions by Nino Longobardi, Jimmy De Sana, Robert Cumming, Kim Gordon and others. (4) File, Vol. 5 No.3 Spring 1982. The X-Ray Sex issue. Contributions by Pierre Molinier, Cindy Sherman, Les Krims et al. (5) File, Vol. 6 No.1 & 2, 1984. Special issue published on occasion of the exhibition 'General Idea's 1984' at Vancouver Art Gallery. All copies with moderate wear along spine and covers, interior fine. (total 5)