Gifts comes in a unique linen box containing eight different giftwrap papers and a special edition of the book Gifts.


Barbara Bloom
Gifts, 2015
Ludion
Image Size: 22 x 39 1/2 inches (56 x 100 cm).
Each giftwrap paper is printed twice in 4-Color Offset by Die Keure, Bruges
Edition: 40 + 5 AP's

A silverplated wood cigar box referencing a gift inscribed "Christmas 1903" that Sigmund Freud received from a patient. Freud's cigar box, included in the Museum's collection, is shown in the exhibition As it were ... So to speak: A Museum Collection in Dialogue with Barbara Bloom at The Jewish Museum. Inscribed on the top of this cigar box is the phrase "Sometimes an inscription is just an inscription" and on the inside lid is "Freud 2013." Bloom's signature is engraved on the bottom.

Barbara Bloom
Sometimes an Inscription is Just an Inscription, 2013
Sterling silverplated and wood
3 1/4 x 9 x 6 1/2 inches
Edition of 15

Available for purchase at the gallery: $4,000

The design for this limited edition necklace by Barbara Bloom was inspired by her exhibition As it were ... So to speak: A Museum Collection in Dialogue with Barbara Bloom at The Jewish Museum. The necklace features sterling silver reproductions of seven original amulets in the Museum's permanent collection hand strung on white ribbons with red accent thread.

The original amulets reproduced are from L-R:
Hamsa Amulet
North Africa or Israel, early 20th century

Hamsa Amulet for Protection at Night
Israel, early 20th century

Hamsa Amulet
North Africa, early 20th century

Hamsa Amulet
North Africa, possibly Morocco, early 20th century

Amulet of Priestly Hand
Israel, early 20th century

Amulet of Yosef Parente
North Africa, early 20th century

Hamsa Amulet
North Africa, possibly Morocco, early 20th century

Barbara Bloom
Amulet Necklace, 2013
Sterling silver
16 inches
Edition of 100

Available for purchase at the gallery: $725

Barbara Bloom
Signature Handkerchief, 1989
Linen handkerchief
17 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches
Edition of 25

Available for purchase at the gallery: $500

Barbara Bloom
Fingerprint Scarf, 1997
silk scarf
43 x 17 inches
Edition of 25

Available for purchase at the gallery: $500

Barbara Bloom
Set of Two Champagne Glasses (His/Her), 1997
Pair of champagne glasses, one with lipstick marks, box
Signed on glasses
Edition of 100

Available for purchase at the gallery: $400

Miniature gold replica of the olive branch brought to the moon on the Apollo II mission as a symbol of peace. From the Tip of the Iceberg series.

Barbara Bloom
Tip of the Iceberg: Olive Branch Brooch, 1991
14k gold-plated silver with inlaid uranium, boxed, with explanatory label, stamped in gold

Originally intended for mass production, Barbara Bloom's A Birthday Party for Everything is a paper and cardboard kit for celebrating the universe: party hats, balloons, paper plates, napkins and party favors, each item emblazoned with a unique image. The subjects range from the smallest to largest matter known to man: subatomic particles, cells, clothing patterns, house plans, city maps, planetary maps, all the way up to the intergalactic, all brought within the scale of the handheld.

Barbara Bloom
A Birthday Party for Everything, 1999
Plastic, paper, wood, cardboard, rubber, soap for making bubbles, jelly beans, wax, tissue paper, fabric ribbon
Unlimited edition
Box: 4 1/2 x 11 2/3 x 19 1/3 inches

Available for purchase at the gallery: $275

Photographer, designer, and installation artist Barbara Bloom has built her career on questioning appearances, exploring the desire for possessions, and commenting on the act of collecting. The Collections of Barbara Bloom, which accompanies a retrospective of the same title at the International Center of Photography and Martin-Gropius-Bau, explores all aspects of her oeuvre, including works from past multimedia installations and newly made pieces, as well as objects from her vast personal archive of ephemera and advertisements. In some cases, Bloom revisits previous installations and adds new elements, resisting the delineation between past and present in her work. The Collections of Barbara Bloom is an expansion of a project developed as part of Bloom's Wexner Art Center Residency Award in 1998 and includes texts by David Hickey and Susan Tallman.

Barbara Bloom, with David Hickey, and Susan Tallman
The Collections of Barbara Bloom, 2008
Steidl
ISBN-10: 3865216218

A witty and elegant visual exchange around the uses and functions of chairs doubles as an excuse to address a number of the artists' interests and working methodologies.

Barbara Bloom and John Baldessari
Between Artists, 2011
Signed by the artists
A.R.T. Press
ISBN: 978-0-923183-47-9

Written in conjunction with an exhibition at Gorney, Bravin and Lee Gallery (2001).

Barbara Bloom
Broken, 2001
Gorney Bravin and Lee Gallery
IOCLC: 85024609

Published on the occasion of Barbara Bloom's exhibition The Reign of Narcissism (1990) at Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart. The exhibition traveled to Kunsthalle Zurich and Serpentine Gallery, London.

Barbara Bloom
The Reign of Narcissism, 1990
Published by Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein / Kunsthalle Zurich / Serpentine Gallery
ISBN: 1870814800 9781870814805

Available for purchase at the gallery: $100

Ghost Writer was produced on the occasion of Barbara Bloom's participation in the Berliner Kuenstlerprogramm des DAAD (1988). A variety of literary and theoretical sources are employed as a way for Bloom to indirectly examine the central themes of her work.

Barbara Bloom
Ghost Writer, 1987
Passagen Verlag
ISBN: 3-85165-093-X
1500 copies printed, 55 special edition printed

Available for purchase at the gallery: $75