The Bottle Bottle-Opener.

Remschied.: Edition VICE-Versand., 1966/1980.. (36 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm).. Green glass wine bottle with corkscrew mounted in the place of the cork, and printed label. Artist’s multiple, produced in an edition of 42 copies, numbered and signed with the artist’s monogram on the bottle’s printed label. The bottle is a Chateau Lafite Rothschild, the label is identical, but the name has now been replaced by ""Created by George Brecht”. Wolfgang Feelisch’s VICE-Versand multiples set out to bring contemporary art to a wider audience with a series of works conceived by artists involved with or close to the Fluxus movement, such as George Brecht and Robert Filliou. Brecht’s multiple, in Fluxus fashion, humorously appropriates an everyday object, and in doing so disassembles both the sanctification of the creative act and the mythic uniqueness of the work of art. [Ref. Jon Hendricks - Fluxus Codex, p.219; P. Schmieder - Unlimitiert, p. 162-163, no. V50; Harry Ruhé - George Brecht. The Editions, no. M49].