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Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1920-07-30 - 2002-09-29

Nationality

British

Found in 974 Collections and/or Records:

Dan-dan-dan-dan / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-44950-47124
Scope and Contents

The title refers to the opening four notes of Beethoven's 5th symphony. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Dandelion Collaboration / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 2010

 Item
Identifier: CC-51860-72960
Scope and Contents

This is a reprint of the same work by housepress in 2003 that is held by the Sackner Archive, It was the last collaborative poetry that the two authors made, writing and rewriting using additive and destructive processes as well as photocopying techniques. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Dandelion Collaborations: Text for performance by voice, instruments, dance / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-42209-44213
Scope and Contents

This work was commissioned by Derek Beauleau in 2002. It was originally announced as a hard cover book but was issued as this soft cover book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

dauber / Finch, Peter ; Cobbing B., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-31684-33191
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by Bob Cobbing. Although Finch titled his poems as Haiku, they are, for the most part, poems distorted by the photocopying process on a background of dense abstract markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

David/Norman Press (Letter to Shit Magazine), 1986

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Co-Cu: [Barcode: 31858072491354]
Identifier: CC-20025-20415
Scope and Contents

Reviews international small press scene. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Destruction in Art Symposium Panel 2 [d.i.a.s. (2)] / Cobbing, Bob., 1966

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Identifier: CC-45801-48011
Scope and Contents

Cobbing called the photocopied print process, "monoduplicator prints." This work and others by Cobbing was exhibited in the Destruction In Art Symposium organized by Gustav Metzger and held in Prince Albert Hall in London in 1966. The event was a precursor to the art movement of Situationism. This work was composed by crumpling unrecognizable images and printing them in black and white on a monoduplicator device as a single copy. These prints were then collaged onto a raised block of masonite then fixed as a grid onto a painted black panel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Destruction in Art Symposium Panel 3 [d.i.a.s. (3)] / Cobbing, Bob., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-45803-48013
Scope and Contents

Cobbing called the photocopied print process, "monoduplicator prints." This work and others by Cobbing was exhibited in the Destruction In Art Symposium organized by Gustav Metzger and held in Prince Albert Hall in London in 1966. The event was a precursor to the art movement of Situationism. This work was composed by crumpling unrecognizable images and printing them in black and white on a monoduplicator device as a single copy. These prints were then collaged onto a raised block of masonite then fixed as a grid onto a painted black panel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

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Sound poetry 521
Concrete poetry 241
Abstract markings 214
Xerox art 118
Documentation 88