Mr. Peanut Drawings - Vincent Trasov (New Documents) gallery “Love and the seasons and

“Love and the seasons and the exigencies and opportunities of daily survival are the inevitable occasions of a body of work that is as radical as it is Horatian

Published by Archive Books in collaboration with Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Clare Birchall

Special edition

Mr. Peanut Drawings - Vincent Trasov (New Documents) gallery “Love and the seasons andIn 1970, Trasov assumed the identity of Mr. Peanut, donning a handmade paper mch replica of the mascot of the Planters Peanut Company. Soon after, he produced The Mr. Peanut Mayoralty Campaign of 1974, a twenty day performance developed in collaboration with members of the Vancouver arts community. The legume quickly became Trasovs cipher and central component of his practice. Mr. Peanut Drawings collects nearly a hundred of Trasovs Peanut drawings