Multiples, Inc. was an art publishing company founded in 1965 by a group of five partners, including Marian Goodman. During its existence, Multiples Inc. had a profound impact on the art world, publishing seminal editions of some of the most important artists of the 20th century over a period of almost three decades between 1966 and 1992. The 1960s were the high times of multiples; artworks were not conceived as single objects but as objects to be published in several examples, often using new materials and contemporary manufacturing techniques. Producing artworks in editions allowed a democracy of distribution, permitting them to be offered at lower prices, in turn making current developments in the art world available to a larger audience.
This exhibition will feature a boxed edition of "Artists & Photographs" (1970), widely known as Multiples, Inc.'s signature series, which includes multiples by 19 artists using photography as a medium.
Also on view will be a selection of multiples from "Artists & Photographs" reprinted in conjunction with the exhibition Multiples, Inc. 1965-1992 at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York in 2021, as well as the exhibition catalog (Marian Goodman Gallery / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2021) and the Japanese edition of the exhibition catalog (twelvebooks / OSCAAR MOULIGNE, 2023).
Participating artists in "Artists & Photographs": Mel Bochner, Christo, Jan Dibbets, Tom Gormley, Dan Graham, Douglas Huebler, Allan Kaprow, Michael Kirby, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Robert Smithson, Bernar Venet, Andy Warhol