{"title":"Opal L. Nations","description":"\u003cp\u003eOpal L. Nations (b. Brighton, 1941) was a British poet, singer, illustrator, editor, and publisher. Founder of Strange Faeces Press, a press dedicated to avant-garde poetry, stories, and drawings, his work crossed conceptual art, mail art, illustration, and performance poetry. His poetry is described as non-narrative, concrete, and absurdist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNations was a central figure in the experimental poetry and small-press network of 1970s London, producing mimeographed, wire-stitched publications through Transgravity Press and Strange Faeces Press, often in editions of around 200 copies. His bibliography records hand-etched stencil drawings, cheap paper, direct image, local address, and underground circulation as the material conditions of his publishing practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItems in this section include posters, flyers, and printed matter from Nations’ publishing activity — objects from the point where poetry, drawing, announcement, performance, and distribution occupy the same surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"opal-l-nations-transgravity-11-mini-poster-paul-brown-gallery-london-1972","title":"OPAL L. NATIONS — Transgravity #11, Mini-Poster, Paul Brown Gallery, London, 1972","description":"\u003cp\u003eMini-poster \/ flyer, Opal L. Nations, \u003cem\u003eTransgravity #11\u003c\/em\u003e. Paul Brown Gallery \/ Transgravity Press, 176 Peckham Rye, London SE22, 1972. Single-colour red-brown print on thin cream paper, approx. 20 × 33 cm. Likely stencil-duplicated or mimeograph-related, possibly screenprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe image is repeated twice in stacked panels: a theatre scene — draped curtains, a reclining figure on stage, two viewers seen from behind. Handwritten cursive upper right: \u003cem\u003eLolling round theatre queue\u003c\/em\u003e. Lower margin: \u003cem\u003eTRANSGRAVITY #11 \/ PAUL BROWN \/ 176 PECKHAM RYE, SE22, LONDON\u003c\/em\u003e. The reverse carries a pale ghost impression of the printed image, turning the sheet into a record of its own production and handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced within the experimental poetry and small-press network around Opal L. Nations, Paul Brown, Strange Faeces Press, and Transgravity Press. Nations — born Brighton, 1941; founder of Strange Faeces Press — worked across poetry, illustration, mail art, and performance. His bibliography records related 1972 material from Transgravity Press as mimeographed, wire-stitched, using hand-etched stencil drawings, in editions of around 200 copies. This flyer sits close to that same mimeograph poetry culture: cheap paper, direct image, local address, low-cost production, underground circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The New Rare register, this is not only a poster for an event or publication. It is a small administrative image from a temporary network: press, gallery, address, artist, publisher, and audience compressed onto one sheet. It belongs to the point where poetry, drawing, announcement, performance, and distribution begin to occupy the same surface. A provisional object from the early-1970s London underground — local, absurdist, hand-produced, and hard to separate from the systems that made it visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Creasing, edge wear, corner softening, small nicks and short tears, age toning, surface marks, and light loss at the lower edge. The sheet remains complete and visually strong. The wear is part of the object’s history: evidence of printing, storage, handling, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShips flat or carefully rolled depending on buyer preference and destination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transgravity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53885288513874,"sku":"NATIONS-TRANSGRAV-INV-1972","price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Nations_Opal_L._Show_poster_-_Trasngravity_11_Paul_Brown_Gallery_1972.jpg?v=1782826794"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/opal-l-nations.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}