Artworks · Ben Kinmont

Project Series: Félix Fénéon. Paris: Antinomian Press, 21 May 2014

2014 · 25 leaves, stapled in the upper left hand corner and photocopied

8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches

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A Feast for the Eyes: Gastronomy & Fine Print. San Francisco: The Book Club of, California, 24 & 25 October 2014

2014 · 8 leaves (including wrappers), printed in red and black ink on cream paper, stapled

9 x 5 1/4 inches

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Proof of the Sshhh archive inventory list to be silkscreened on the wall at the, exhibition of the Sshhh project in the Whitney 2014 Biennial

2014 · Printed in black on white paper

11 x 17 inches

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[Ethical considerations in project art.] Bombay: Antinomian Press, 4 February, 2014, text in Hindi

2014 · Printed in black on pale green paper

36 x 23 ¼ inches each

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Ethical considerations in project art. Bombay: Antinomian Press, 4 February, 2014, text in English

2014 · Printed in black on pale green paper

36 x 23 ¼ inches each

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Gastronomy. A Catalogue of books & manuscripts on cookery…c. 1530-, 2013….Catalogue fourteen. Sebastopol: Antinomian Press, 25 March 2014

2014 · Letterpress catalogue

7 ½ x 5 inches

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Project Series: Félix Fénéon. San Francisco: Antinomian Press, 18 June 2013

2013 · 25 leaves, stapled in the upper left hand corner and photocopied, in manila envelope

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Two plastic-backed photopolymer printing plates used for the making of the, broadside for the On becoming something else reactivation in San Francisco

2013 · Two plastic-backed photopolymer printing plates

plate used with black ink

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Collection of four flyers from Kinmont’s first street project, “I am for you” (begun 1990) color photocopied from the “I am for you” archive and placed in a pale sage green archival folder along with the project description

2013 · Folder and four flyers with ink additions

folder: 13 ½ x 11 inches, flyers and project description, no. 2 of artist proof: 11 x 8 ½ inches

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Student Series: Galileo High School. [Sebastopol: Antinomian Press, February, 2013]

2013 · Printed in black ink on blue paper, two pages, stapled

11 x 8 ½ inches

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A Contract proposed. Portland: Antinomian Press, 8 May 2013

2013 · Printed in black on yellow paper

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Project Series: Christopher D’Arcangelo. Montreal: Antinomian Press, 18, September 2013

2013 · 34 leaves, stapled in the upper left hand corner, with numerous black and white reproductions in the text

8 1/2 x 11 inches

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Inventory List: On becoming something else. [San Francisco: Antinomian Press, 9 May 2013]

2013 · 18 leaves, stapled in the upper left corner

8 ½ x 11 inches

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Two emulsion-up right-reading negatives to make the polymer plates used for, the printing of the broadside for the On becoming something else reactivation in San Francisco

2013 · Two emulsion-up right-reading negatives

14 1/8 x 20 ½ inches and 13 ¾ x 10 inches

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Original drawing/book list from the 2013 New York Book Fair

2013 · Pencil on newsprint

11 ½ x 9 inches

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[Drop title:] A Discourse on …malt liquors. 1783. Sebastopol: Antinomian Press, 2 April 2013

2013 · Black and white photograph of a handwritten book list for the New York Book Fair

17 x 11 inches

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Steel-backed photopolymer printing plate used for the making of the broadside Gastronomy Books Offered by Ben Kinmont Bookseller [Sebastopol: Antinomian Press, 2013], printed for the San Francisco Antiquarian Book Fair February 2013

2013 · Steel-backed photopolymer printing plate

18 1/8 x 11 ¾ inches

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Email to Kinmont from Emilie Villez at Kadist, “Dear Ben, I hope this finds you, well,” regarding the exhibition, “And I laid traps for troubadours who get killed, before they reached Bombay,” by the Clark House Initiative in Bombay, 19 December 2013

2013 · Printed email, two pages, stapled

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Broadside for the On becoming something else reactivation in San Francisco

2013 · Letterpress with ink additions

15 x 21 inches

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Email to Kinmont from letterpress printer Richard Seibert, “Hi Ben, I didn’t want Fritz to invest much time in mocking things up,” regarding the specs for the printing of the Cookbook Family Tree broadside by Anne Willan

2013 · Printed email, two pages, paper clipped

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Project Series: Moveable type no Documenta. [San Francisco: Antinomian Press, 2013]

2013 · 30 leaves, stapled in the upper left corner, photocopy

8 ½ x 11 inches

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Gastronomy Books Offered by Ben Kinmont Bookseller [Sebastopol: Antinomian Press, 2013]

2013 · Letterpress

19 x 12 ½ inches

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Email to Kinmont from Marianne Baillot, “Ben, I think no [sic] enough people in Portugal read english,” regarding the creation of the “Para uma definição de project art” broadside of Towards a definition of project art and Ethical considerations in project art in Portuguese, dated 7 March 2012

2012 · Printed email; attached are four proofs of the broadside, two printed in black ink on white paper and two printed in black and pink ink on white paper, paper clipped in upper left-hand corner

11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

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Draft of the flyer The Art world is not invited, which was distributed on the street as a part of the Kadist SF show, September- October 2012

2012 · Printed in black ink on white paper with a thin black border around text, with pencil additions

sheet: 6 3/4 × 5" (17.1 × 12.7 cm)

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Draft of the flyer A Declaration; or the future lies in that which is not art, which was distributed on the street as a part of the Kadist SF show, September- October 2012

2012 · Printed in black ink on white paper with pencil and decorative borders

sheet: 7 × 5" (17.8 × 12.7 cm)

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Draft of the flyer The Art world is not invited, which was distributed on the street as a part of the Kadist SF show, September- October 2012

2012 · Printed in black ink on white paper with decorative borders

sheet: 7 × 5" (17.8 × 12.7 cm)

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Draft of the flyer A Declaration; or the future lies in that which is not art, which was distributed on the street as a part of the Kadist SF show, September- October 2012

2012 · Printed in black ink on white paper with a thin black border around text

sheet: 5 1/8 × 5" (13 × 12.7 cm)

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A manila “Ben Kinmont, Bookseller” envelope containing samples of the four, letterpress fliers printed for the Kadist SF show and a purple envelope holding, two of the steel backed photopolymer plates used to print them, September-October 2012

2012 · Envelope, four letterpress flyers, and two letterpress plates

fliers: 7 x 5

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Photocopy of a page from Art Metropole’s “Book Currency Prospectus”, catalogue listing Antinomian Press publications for sale

2012 · Photocopy

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Text for the Gone flyers distributed as a part of the Kadist SF show, September-October 2012

2012 · Printed in black on white paper

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Draft of the text for A Declaration; or the future [of art] lies in that which is not, art flyers distributed as a part of the Kadist SF show, September- October 2012

2012 · Printed in black on pale blue paper with pencil

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Draft of Student Series: Agency. San Francisco: Antinomian Press, 2 October, 2012

2012 · 7 leaves, printed in black ink on white paper, paper clipped in the upper left hand corner

8 ½ x 11 inches

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Email to Kinmont from Amy Balkin at California College of the Arts (CCA), “Hi, Ben, I am working the other three students to schedule them to meet you,”, regarding individual meetings with CCA students, 24 September 2012

2012 · Printed email

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Draft of text for the Gone flyers distributed as a part of the Kadist SF show, September- October 2012

2012 · Printed in black on pale blue paper with pencil

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Email to Kinmont from Marianne Baillot, “Hi My name is Marianne Baillot,”, regarding collaborating on a project in Portugal involving the publication of the, broadside Ethical considerations in project art in Portuguese, 27 Februrary 2012

2012 · Printed email

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Para uma definição de project art

2012 · Broadside

17 ¾ x 12 ¾ inches

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Flyer: Hello. People call me Joey. [San Francisco: Antinomian Press, 1 July 2012]

2012 · Printed in black on pale yellow paper

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Recto: “A Declaration: or the future of art lies in that which is not art,” by Ben Kinmont, printed from the SFMOMA OPEN SPACE website, 12 March 2012; verso: draft of a bookseller description

2012 · Printed email with ink and pencil

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Project Series: Christopher D’Arcangelo. Antwerpen: Antinomian Press, 12, September 2012

2012 · 34 leaves, stapled in the upper left hand corner, in black ink on white paper

11 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches

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Our contract. [San Francisco: Antinomian Press, 17 September 2012]

2012 · Photocopy

11 x 8 ½ inches

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“Agency Project; an Informal Discussion with Parasite,” regarding the definition of agency and listing a series of questions

2012 · Photocopy with pencil

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Cardstock prospectus from Art Metropole advertising Kinmont’s Sometimes, multiple, recto: a photograph of the multiple, verso: details about the contents, and price

2012 · Cardstock prospectus

7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches

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Flyer: “My kids are the most meaningful things to me,” [Oakland: Antinomian, Press, 22 June 2012]

2012 · Printed in black on pale yellow paper

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Email to Kinmont from Marianne Baillot, “Dear Ben, I finally manage to produce 20 posters,” regarding the printing of the Ethical considerations in project art broadside in Portuguese, 12 June 2012

2012 · Printed email

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Proof of the printed wrapper for Gastronomy. A Catalogue of books & manuscripts on cookery…c. 1517-2006….Catalogue thirteen. [Sebastopol: Antinomian Press], 15 March 2012

2012 · Letterpress book cover

7 5/8 x 10 ½ inches

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Text for A Declaration; or the future lies in that which is not art flyers distributed as a part of the Kadist SF show, September- October 2012

2012 · Printed in black on white paper

11 x 8 ½ inches

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Student Series: Agency. San Francisco: Antinomian Press, 2 October 2012

2012 · 32 leaves, printed in black ink on white paper and paper clipped in the upper left hand corner

8 ½ x 11 inches

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Email to Kinmont from Amy Balkin at California College of the Arts (CCA), “Hi Ben, Your schedule for the two upcoming Tuesdays is below,” regarding the schedule for Kinmont’s CCA Social Practice workshops, 21 September 2012

2012 · Printed email

11 x 8 ½ inches

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