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The cover picture is a palladium print of a collage made by Barron. The bookbinding is by Carol Joyce. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is a biography of Robert Rauschenberg based upon personal interviews by the biographer of almost every one important to the artist over his entire life span. It begins with a quotation from Rauschenberg, "Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in the gap between the two)"Mary Lynn Kotz provides a critical discussion of several artistic works reproduced in this book. One of them is "Opal Gospel, "a multiple artist book produced in 1971. The word 'opal' was suggested to Rauschenberg by the iridescent inks used in the work. It is an unbound book containing poems from the Nootka, Chippewa, Nanajo, Iglulik, Pawnee and Apache tribes, printed with Rauschenberg's illustrations from nature in iridescent ink on clear plexiglas. The panels or pages, are interchangeable in their stands. With this hauntingly iridescent work, Rauschenberg celebrated his own American Indian heritage. This biography is the only fully illustrated account of Rauschenberg's...

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The images consist of ancient pornographic poetry (c.70 A.D.) that has been illustrated by the translators with line drawings of the male and female genitalia regions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This issue is dedicated to "areas of art that openly disregard boundaries and deal quite explicitly with contaminations - of painting and sign, of sign and sound, of sculpture and installation, of space and event. The themes of sound and silence - which typically relate to music - rank now as one of the central concerns of contemporary research in the arts. This issue is extensively illustrated with works of the featured artist/poets, e.g., a suite of calligraphic drawings by Guillot and visual poetic collages by Miccini. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The music score, "Concert for Piano and Orchestra" by John Cage, which is reproduced in this catalogue is held by the Sackner Archive. Cage comments "A score which is beautiful to look at usually sounds better than one which is not." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Abridged catalog written by Gunter Metken. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes the text of a poem dealing with mushrooms that also was printed in Opening No.9. This painting plays with ideas that will be subsequently used by Phillips, e.g., A Humument, the concept of an image changing over time, the grid, permutations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Most of the illustrations by Harrison depict non-erotic frontal nudity. This book is also designated Jargon 110. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Preparatory drawing for an announcement of performance by Hubaut at L'Ancienne Poste, Calais. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A collector of contemporary art since the 1950's, Giuseppe Panza has been an influencial force in the art world for more than sixty years, introducing American phenomena such as Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Pop Art, and Conceptualism to the museums of Europe. In a brilliant response to everyone's primary question about modern art - 'What does it mean?' - Panza shares philosopical insights and personal reflections that bridge a half-century of discovering new artists and movements. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue features documents of the avant-garde. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue edited by Nanni Balestrini provides illustrations of Lebel's drawings, paintings and collages along with documentation of his anti-process art and happenings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.