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Maret, Russell

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1971-06-30-

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Elegy for Dead Letters / Maret, Russell., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-06710-6829
Scope and Contents

Each print contains the same symbol resembling a backwards "4" which is rotated one revolution. One word is printed on each page - meaning, pirouettes, through, memory, unnoticed, eclipsed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Kuboaa / Maret, Russell ; Maret J ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-29307-30668
Scope and Contents

This catalogue depicts and annotates books that Maret printed, some of whom were written by others. It is mentioned that Maret's books are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Noise 2 / Maret, Russell., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-06677-6796
Scope and Contents

The poem printed in black block capital letters across the center of each page reads "Silence oscillating between seen & unseen resonates deafening echoes." The background text consists of densely printed randomly arranged letters printed in several shades of red ink. The covers of the book are printed with a black on gray background letter picture. The black fabric on the box resembles book covers and the gray fabric on the sides of the box gives an appearance of pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Noise 3 / Maret, Russell., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-06711-6830
Scope and Contents

Large fields of grey-black ink obscure sections of text on pages of a scientific text by Edward Klima dealing with sound and its absence in linguistics, one page to a print. Near the middle of each print, single words apppear in black circumscribed b background white of paper, e.g., silence, entering, insurgencies. Each print also contains a large, fragmented capital letter printed in red. A small print with the word "Noise" is collaged onto the cover of the portfolio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Noise 4 / Maret, Russell., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-27557-28629
Scope and Contents

The text begins with the single word 'silence' printed in blind letterpress intaglio. As the pages unfold, black, beige and gray colors are used for printing the words. The text deals with words associated with noise, e.g., deafening, cacophony, resonates, etc. Further, the density of the words printed on the page increases as does the printing of words on top of other words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Proof from Noise for Sloane (Noise 1) / Maret, Russell., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-06680-6799
Scope and Contents

This print depicts the word, Mystery, in red ink, over a letters and the word, Mystery, in mirror written presentation, printed in gray. Only one copy of Noise 1 was made. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

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Subject
Artist book 4
Artist book (citation) 2
Fragmented text 2
Concrete poetry 1
Letter picture 1