Balkind, Alvin
Person
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Concrete Poetry: An exhibition in four parts / Alvin Balkind, curator ; Johnson R ; Duchamp M ; Finlay IH ; Mayer HJ ; bissett b ; Mon F ; Varney E ; Williams E ; Nichol bp ; Chopin H ; Roth D ; Houedard DS ; Albert-Birot P ; Niikuni S ; DeVree P ; Furnival J ; Kosuth J ; Sharkey JJ ; Cobbing B ; levy da ; Bann S ; Bremer C ; Burkhardt K ; Copithorne J ; Cremer S ; DeSa A ; Ferro L ; Garnier P ; Gilbert G ; Ginzburg C ; Goeritz M ; Gomringer E ; Grunewald JL ; Gutierrez JdeLuxan ; Hirsal J ; Kaprow A ; Kearns L ; Kitasono K ; Kriwet F ; Lee-Nova G ; Mayer HJ ; Mayne S ; Nake F ; Nauman B ; Oldenburg C ; Novak L ; Ono Y ; Ruhm G ; Scobey P ; Steen V ; Vasarely V ; Viccinelli P ; Wiener O ; Westermann H ; Belloli C., 1969
Item
Identifier: CC-19839-20227
Scope and Contents
The exhibition consisted of four sections: 1) Ray Johnson collages; 2) Michael Morris concrete/constructivist drawings; 3) international concrete poems and 4) film and tapes of sound poetry. Michael Rhodes traces the historic roots of concrete poetry from 1897 to 1964. Edwin Varney contributes an illustrated, critical essay defining concrete poetry that is expressed in concrete poetic terms. Ian Hamilton Finlay and Stephen Scobie collaborate with an essay on definitions of concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1969