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This issue includes a reproduction of a calligraphic drawing by Edith Kallman which resembles the work of Jana Kluge, an artist whose drawings are held by the Sackner Archive. Drawings by both artosts are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The word "pressures" is repeatitively written in the image. The Passdoor (Sebastopol CA) website Edith Kallman (1926-2014) was unique in her approach, using the repetition of words in a calligraphic style to create intricate patterns. Her spirals and grids offer us personal and social messages that vanish into graphic images. "Such words and phrases as: Obsessive, Pressures, And On and On, serve as titles...the words stimulate viewer participation and experience." Edith was influenced by the abstract expressionist painters of the 50"s and 60's, and contemporary artists of her time: Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Adolph Gottlieb, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford Still. You can see their influence in her use of color fields and gestural brush strokes. In the early 70"s she developed her own style, which challenged the aesthetic establishment of her times. She was highly influenced by the Graffiti Art movement...

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This drawing is a 4 x 2 grid that provides a "sampler" of Kallman's calligraphic and visual styles. The single phrase of the title is used exclusively in all the panels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.