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Martin, Jean-Hubert, Aline Luque, Mark Francis, Andre Magnin, Pierre Gaudibert, Thomas McEvilley, Homi Bhabha, Jacques Soulillou & Bernard Marcade. Paris: Editions Du Centre Pompidou, 1989. First Edition. Folio. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/Near Fine. 272pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is the comprehensive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Jean-Hubert Martin's controversial yet landmark 1989 exhibition entitled "Magiciens de la Terre" at Paris' Centre Georges Pompidou that attempted to contrast the production of artists from Non-Western cultures creating in a contemporary vein with that of American and European artists utilizing global imagery in the context of their own work. Among the one hundred participants in this immense show were Marina Abramovic, Dennis Adams, John Baldessari, Jose Bedia, Alighiero e Boetti, Christian Boltanski, James Lee Byars, Francesco Clemente, Tony Cragg, Julio Galan, Hans Haacke, Rebecca Horn, Shirazeh Houshiary, Alfredo Jaar, Ilya Kabakov, On Kawara, Anselm Kiefer, John Knight, Barbara Kruger, Richard Long, Cildo Meireles, Juan Munoz, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen, Sigmar Polke, Cheri Samba, Twins Seven Seven, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Jeff Wall, Lawrence Weiner, and Krzysztof Wodiczko. A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 1989 Editions Du Centre Pompidou first edition of this vital document showing a bit of typical sunning to the extremities of the dust jacket. 2-85850-498-9 Inventory Number: 027221