General Idea Copyright (Bleach on Denim) #5, 1988
Bleach on denim
69 x 69 x 8,5 cm
This work by General Idea consists of a denim canvas showing the standard copyright symbol—a c with a circle around it. The slightly paler areas were created by bleaching the denim.
General Idea created the Copyright series between 1987 and 1988. It includes works painted on canvas, denim and cloth, using bleach, leather strips or gold leaf. Within the context of the art world General Idea understood the “C” in copyright also as an allusion to collector, critic and curator, a reference made explicit in other works of this series.