FRANZ MON | j/o-figuration | 1970 | Typoscript. Signed, dated (7.2.1970) and titled on the back. Published in the catalogue of the exhibition of the Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus am Roemerberg 5.5.1986 – 1.6.1986, p. 26 and in the catalogue „Die Künstlerfreundschaft zwischen Franz Mon und Carlfriedrich Claus“, p. 181 | 21 x 29 cm | CHF 5500.-

There are texts that can only appear optically, because they consist essentially of the gestures of their signs unfolded on the surface (excerpts from Franz Mon, “von den optischen parametern” in: ainmal nur das alphabet gebrauchen. edition Hansjörg Mayer, Stuttgart 1967).

We asked Franz Mon if he was an avant-garde or a pioneer of concrete poetry. He replied that he did not consider himself to be either one or the other because these 2 words are military terms.