Round rubber stamp by red ink on a newspaper page (with Lenin). ~20x14 cm. Signed and dated by red felt-pen: Endre Tót 1978 / 89.
Tót started his TÓTalJOY series in 1971 as a reflection on the dictatorial conditions at the time in his homeland, but he created many new versions after having moved to Germany, and he placed the statements in very different contexts. He uses a wide variety of media (action, audio, envelope, fax, letter, lipstick, newspaper, object, photocopy, postcard, poster, spray, stencil, rubber stamp, telegram, T-shirt, video etc.) to bring them into play. In these works, he sometimes addresses trivial things, while at other times he touches on emotionally neutral or even negative aspects of life.