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Thomas Mailaender — THE FUN ARCHAEOLOGY (Special edition) book cover
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#2 Hitler Drawings
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#3 Bosom Oddities
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#4 Jocker playing card

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THE FUN ARCHAEOLOGY (Special edition)

Thomas Mailaender

  • Silkscreen print on holographic paper
  • Stamped in the back, numbered and signed
  • 50 x 70 cm
  • Edition of 20
  • Without the book
80€

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Designed as an artist book The Fun Archaeology presents the collection envisioned by French artist Thomas Mailaender. Over more than a decade he gathered thousands of originals documents found on flea markets, websites, charity sales or car boot sales. A wide range of materials going from war letters to pornography, family photo album to political leaflet, anonymous work to artists proofs. By sequencing this body of images Mailaender creates a very personal and impressive visual archeology of the 20th century. The 112 items selected for the publication are all captioned and recontextualised.