Handing out poetry booklet
The idealists at Galerie S:t Petri in Lund have suddenly established themselves as book publishers and are presenting a small poetry collection by Arne Zaring. It costs nothing and is handed out free of charge to anyone who registers their interest.
The print run is 500 copies, of which 200 are numbered and signed. But not even those 200 have any price.
For Arne Zaring this is a debut. He is 37, studied at the School of Social Work in Lund at an exceptionally slow pace, has worked as a forestry worker, a driver, a social assistant, among other things, and has now found a publisher who is financing a non-commercial debut.
What does it cost to print a little book of verse like this (it is called “Poetry”)?
Between 600 and 700 kronor. S:t Petri not only exhibits art but also arranges small concerts, debates, lectures and—poetry evenings.
The poetry booklet is, as said, the first book, but the gallery hopes it will manage to produce more.
Image caption: The art gallery’s Jean Sellem (left) and the debutant Arne Zaring with a stack of poetry booklets.
Ånglarna gråter (The Angels Are Crying)
Poetry anthology bringing together texts by Anna-Lena Bager, Tuulikki Bohman, Elisabet König, Charlotta Lindell, Anita Mortensson, Sven-Göran Ohlsson, Signe Rudberg, Larsgöran Strandberg, Ulla Ståhl, Bror Sörnby, Lillan Theander, Marta Wandt, Lolo Wannberger, and Sven Wifstrand.
This anthology was compiled on the basis of material submitted for the poetry exhibition Dikt för Dig, organized by Galerie S:t Petri in Lund from autumn 1973 to spring 1974.
Illustration by Tjeerd Ackema.
© respective authors and Edition Jean Sellem.
Printed by Skånska Centraltryckeriet, Lund, 1974.
ISBN 91 85260 00 2.
Original text in Swedish:
Denna antologi är sammanställd på grundval av det material som influtit vid den av Galerie S:t Petri i Lund arrangerade poesiutställningen “Dikt för Dig” hösten 1973–våren 1974.
Illustration av Tjeerd Ackema.
© Respektive författare och Edition Jean Sellem.
Tryckt hos Skånska Centraltryckeriet, Lund 1974.
ISBN 91 85260 00 2.
(Hans Peter Gunnar Ortman)
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name. 11 pages, including the cover, stapled with two staples. Printed in black on white paper, except for three leaves on yellow paper reproducing the artist’s personal photographs.
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Jag har ett växande motiv (pip) o
ch en krympande tid, en växande tid.
Årsring läggs till årsring. Livet
står stilla och växer. Då
och då gör jag en skiss till min Tavla.
o
Den bästa skissen hittills:
ett o,
en cirkel kring ett tomrum, cirkeln
är inskriven i en annan cirkel,
som är inskriven i en annan cirkel,
som är inskriven i ... (pip).
Tomrummet mellan cirklarna
är fyllt av tid.
o
Tomrummet är mitt motiv.
(Peter Ortman)
The Forest Diver
Booklet published on the occasion of the exhibition Skogsdykaren (The Forest Diver), held from 26 October to 6 November 1974.
The Forest Diver by Bengt af Klintberg was issued in 300 numbered copies.
Stapled booklet of 6 unpaginated pages.
On the back cover appears the following printed note in a handwritten style:
“The Forest Diver can be ordered from Galerie S:t Petri, Fack 7, 221 01 Lund, Sweden.”
ET SANDT VARVAR (A Real Jumble)
Stapled booklet of 12 unnumbered pages.
The following statement appears on the inside front cover:
This publication has been printed in 500 copies - December 1974
75 of which are signed by the artist
ANNE BEHRNDT
Copenhagen
1976
Stapled booklet of 8 unnumbered pages.
ISBN 91 85260 07X
Due to a printing error caused by the omission of a double-page spread, it proved impossible to assemble the book within its cover. Today, only a few rare complete copies survive, along with a quantity of loose inner pages and separate covers.
In September 2025, we contacted the artist to let him know that we had copies of this book which he himself had never been able to see in fifty years, and we sent him one copy.
We also had three small questions:
- Your book is titled Déjeuner sur l'herbe Set 1. Did you intend to make a second set?
- Who are the people in the photos recreating Manet’s painting?
I had originally intended to make many more sets to complete the possible permutations but it would have been an overwhelming task. It would have involved photographing each of my models, individually, naked and dressed, in each of the four poses, then printing a set of prints for each model, prints from which I hand-cut the outlines of each figure. This much I completed. But the next stage was to hand-assemble dozens of sets of sixteen following Manet's composition and my logic, then re-photograph each photo-montage and print them out, set by set. This (massive) stage defeated me.
My models were (left to right): Carolee Schneemann, Anthony McCall, Sheila McLaughlin, Max Scott.
My visit to the gallery took place in 1975 when I was in Sweden to participate in the exhibition at the Malmo Konsthall "New Media I". In that exhibition I showed my Manet photographs and the schematic diagrams presenting the logic for the complete series; and one evening I showed my 1973 film "Line Describing a Cone".
FLEMMING KOEFOED
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST DISEASE
1976
Stapled booklet of 16 unpaginated pages.
The following statement appears on the inside front cover:
This edition is limited to 500 copies.
© Flemming Koefoed 1975
Printed by
Ex-skolens trykkeri
Copenhagen
Denmark
EDITION SELLEM, Fack 7, 221 01 Lund 1, Sweden
ISBN 91 85260 06 1 on the back cover.
ON THE ROCKS
Some questions +
5 answers relative to moved pictures
UTBLOTTAD
Några frågor +
5 svar beträffande
förflyttade bilder
LAWRENCE WEINER
38 unnumbered pages; glue bound; black and white
Printer’s imprint on the inside rear cover: “Tryckbaren, Lund 1976”.
This edition was in fact never completed in 500 copies. The Jean Sellem archives preserve at least 200 already printed covers, but the gallery’s financial resources did not allow for the printing of the contents or the assembly of these copies.
This is the very first English edition of Jan Świdziński’s text.
Foreword
Art as Contextual Art - Subject of the Conference at Malmö Konsthall, Sweden, February 9, 1976.
A model of contextual art has been formulated in the texts written by Jan Świdziński. The principles found here are the basis for the first exposition of Contextual Art organized by Jean Sellem, Galerie S:t Petri, Lund, for the Institute of Art History, Lund University, February 5 - March 5, 1976.
Wojciech Bruszewski, Zbigniew Dłubak, Henryk Gajewski, Andrzej Jórczak, Anna Kutera, Paweł Kwiek, Romuald Kutera, Lech Mrożek, Józef Robakowski, Jan Świdziński, Ryszard Waśko participate in the exposition.
Certain remarks concerning the published works:
"Models of Art" is a shortened form of the work "Relations and Models of Art" by Jan Świdziński, which is being prepared for printing by the Remont Gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
"Some Remarks about Contextual Art - Cinema" is a shortened form of the work "The Model of Cinema" by Jan Świdziński, published by Warsztat Formy Filmowej Łódź.
"Contextual Art - Photography", prepared for the exposition, is from the work entitled "Systems" by Zbigniew Dłubak, published by Remont Gallery in 1975.
The following statement appears on the inside front cover:
Copyright JAN ŚWIDZIŃSKI and Edition Sellem - Galerie S:t Petri Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art, Fack 7 221 01 LUND, Sweden
ISBN 91 85260 06 6
DIRTY RAINS
20 unnumbered pages, semi-rigid cover, staple binding, 210 × 144 mm; black and white offset printing.
Edition of 1,000 copies.
Book published on the occasion of Endre Tót’s exhibition held at Galerie S:t Petri in Lund, Sweden, from November 15 to 25, 1979.
Impressum mention in English:
"Published on a non-profit basis at the occasion of Endre Tót’s exhibition « Dirty Rains », held at Galerie S:t Petri, Lund, Sweden, November 15-25, 1979."
During the exhibition, on Saturday, November 17, 1979, Endre Tót recorded his voice repeating the same phrase in English on an audio cassette.
This recording was later published as an edition.
ISBN 91 85260 13 4
Microfilm Catalogue for the International Communication Event PEACE PLEASE
27/1 - 10/2 1977
Copenhagen Denmark
ISBN 9185260118
In an envelope 16 × 11.2 cm, 7 microfilms each containing approximately 60 images, replacing the printed catalogue that could not be produced.
Humanistic Perspectives in Contemporary Art
1978
Stapled booklet of 12 paginated pages.
The opening presentation page contains a preface signed by Jean Sellem, a statement of purpose addressed to the participating artists, as well as the following table of contents:
Contents:
Eric Andersen:
. . . or Walking — p. 2
Routes of Passage — p. 3
Mike Crane:
Toward an Understandable Explanation . . . Transmission 1 — p. 4
Robert Filliou:
The Propositions and Principles of Robert Filliou (Part One) — p. 6
Michel Giroud:
Paul-Armand Gette, The Questioning Investigator — p. 9
Jaroslaw Kozlowski:
Introduction — p. 10
Joan Mathews:
Portrait of a Neighborhood — p. 11
Lubomyr Melnyk:
The Human Reality of Continuous Music — p. 14
Jean Sellem / David Weston:
Art and Creativity. Developments in the Philosophy of Art: Art One/One — p. 15
At the foot of the page also appear the copyright, design, and printing statements:
All copyright is shared equally by the respective authors and Galerie S:t Petri/Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art, Fack 7, 221 01 Lund, Sweden. Permission to reprint any material can normally be obtained by writing to the latter.
Design by John Melin
Printed by Wallin & Dalholm Boktr. AB, Lund 1978
THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
48 pages, perfect binding.
ISBN 91-85260-18-5
© Björn Rosendal and Galerie S:t Petri Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art, 1981.
Published on an non-profit basis by Edition Sellem, Box 1507, 221 01 Lund 1, Sweden.
Printed by Tryckmedia, Halmstad, Sweden, 1981.
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Björn Rosendal, M.D., was associated with Bauhaus Situationiste Sweden from 1961 to 1966 and was closely involved in the development of its basic ideas. He coined the term "emotional intelligence" in 1976. In the middle 50's he introduced 'Abstraction Lyrique in Sweden
CIRCULAR PIECES
22 ETUDES for PIANOS by Lubomyr Melnyk
34 numbered pages, plus a title page, on the verso of which appear the following statements in English:
CIRCULAR PIECES: 22 ETUDES FOR PIANO are copyrighted © 1981 by Lubomyr Melnyk. All rights reserved. No reproduction without written permission. For permission or purchase of copies contact George Melnyk at 11441-84 St, Edmonton, Alberta, T5B 3B5.
These etudes along with the text form a complete basis for acquiring the "continuous" technique. L.M.
ISBN: 91-85260-19-3
EDITION SELLEM
Sweden
For European distribution contact:
Edition Sellem
Box 1507
221-01 Lund 1
Sweden
This publication is printed in a first edition of 300 copies. March, 1982. Printed in Stockholm.
All notation in this manuscript was done by the composer.
The following are also available:
OPEN TIME: THE ART OF CONTINUOUS MUSIC, a 336 page typescript (clothbound)
by Lubomyr Melnyk explaining his theory of music.
KMH, a record album of piano music in the continuous mode, composed and performed by Lubomyr Melnyk.
THE LUND-ST.PETRI SYMPHONY (PIANO), a two record album of music composed
and performed by Lubomyr Melnyk.
Please contact George Melnyk at 11441-84 St, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5B 3B5
Light blue or light green cover.
