Symphony 6 [Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven] (Original poster for the world premiere) by Branca, Glenn - 1987

New York: Just Another Asshole, 1987. Perfect-bound [oblong octavo] in pictorial multi-colored wraps. 142 pp. Near Fine, light shelving and edge wear.. Cover photo by Ted Serios. Seventh issue of seminal journal JUST ANOTHER ASSHOLE, edited by publisher Barbara Ess and musician / downtown luminary Glenn Branca. The Cool is Countless: 120 pages of photographs from Branca, Mitch Corber, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Gary Indiana, Jim Jarmusch, Barbara Kruger, Richard Prince, Arleen Schloss, Lynne Tillman, David Wojnarowicz, and many more followed by essays from Gary Indiana, Cookie Mueller, David Rattray, and more.

NY: The Kitchen, [1995].. 18 x 13 inch poster. Near fine, with a touch of edgewear and some trivial soiling and toning to the verso. SIGNED by Branca. This performance was filmed and released on dvd by Atavistic Records in 2003.

New York: Arts at St. Anna's, 1991. Original program for a performance by the Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by David Alan Miller, held at The Town Hall in New York City on June 8 and 9, 1981. The performance featured four pieces: "Freeform" and "Shivering Air," composed by Glenn Branca, "Sanctus," composed by John Cale, and "The Forest," composed by David Byrne, who also performed this piece at the concert, support by the orchestra and the group New York Voices. With brief notes by each composer regarding their pieces. From the collection of Glenn Branca. 7 x 9.75 inches. Ten pages, saddle stapled in self wrappers. Near Fine.

Bern, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Bern, 1983. Vintage poster for the Dan Graham retrospective exhibition "Pavilions," and musical performances by Glenn Branca and Graham, at the Kunsthalle in Bern, Switzerland, March 12 through April 17, 1983, with musical performances on March 11, 16, and 17, 1983, designed by Albin Uldry. Artist, writer, and curator, Graham was a wide-ranging post-conceptual artist whose work was heavily influenced by the work of minimal and conceptual artists, and worked in performance art, installations, sculpture, and photography. Graham's "Pavillions," some of the artist's most popular works, were made beginning in the late 1970s until the artist's death in 2022. A series of outdoor sculptures placed in public spaces, made of steel or wood lattice and transparent or mirrored glass, the pavilions intentionally blur the line between sculpture and architecture, and "invite a dialogue between spectator and landscape, art work and art context, and raise questions about the uses and… Read More

New York and Boston: N.p., 1979. Collection of nine posters of performances by Glenn Branca, 1975-1979. Essentially documenting the rise and seminal period of New York's No Wave scene, a graphically bold set of small to large-size posters advertising performances by Branca and his bands The Static, Theoretical Girls, and Daily Life, as well as theater pieces by Branca and Branca and John Rehberger, bands such as Y Pants, The Gynecologists, and Arsenal, as well as musicians, filmmakers, and performance artists including Laurie Anderson, John Lurie, Ann Messner, and Rhys Chatham. Locations for the dates include The Bastard Theatre, The Kitchen, Franklin Furnace, 3 Mercer Store, Tier 3, and Max's Kansas City. One of the posters date from 1975, five from 1978, and three from 1979. The earliest poster in the collection, featuring a Dadaist collage of surgeons over an oversize incongruous extended hand, with a concerned 1950s woman over an open book in the foreground, and a large menacing face hovering in… Read More