Cantsin, Monty (multiple-use name)
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
2001: the Mail Art Year of Multiple Names, 2000
Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-35144-36878
David Cole Papers
Collection
Identifier: MsC1260
Abstract
Papers of prominent mail artist David Cole. Includes mail art, handmade rubber stamps, artists correspondence, zines, artists books, and cassettes.
Dates:
1975-2000
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections
Neoism Now / Cantsin, Monty, editor ; Private World ; Baroni V ; Padin C ; Cole D ; Crozier R ; Bogdanovic N ; Ciani P ; Fricker HR ; Bennett JM ; Held Jjr., 1987
Item
Identifier: CC-17211-17569
Scope and Contents
Istvan Kantor (a.k.a. Monty Cantsin) is active in the fields of robotics, sound, video, performance and new media. His work has been shown at many prestigious international art events, including Documenta '87 and Ars Electronica 2000. He has received the Telefilm Canada Award for Best Canadian Video (1998 Images festival, Toronto), as well as the Transmediale 01 award in Berlin, Germany for his new video Broadcast. Infamous for his blood-x donations" to the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the National Gallery (Ottawa), AGO (Toronto), and the Ludwig Museum (Koln), just to mention a few, Kantor/Cantsin's criminal records are even longer than his list of awards. The media and critics have described his work as rebellious, anti-authoritarian, and intellectually assaulting, as well as technically innovative and highly experimental. Internationally known as the founder of Neoism, Kantor has lived in Budapest, Paris, Montreal, Portland and New York. He has lived in...
Dates:
1987
Some Multiple Names / Baroni, Vittore; Cantsin M; Blissett L., 2001
Item
Identifier: CC-35868-37629
Scope and Contents
Several names on the stamp portraits are artists in the correspondence art movement. Others are Baroni's alter-ego names. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
2001
Syphon / Monty Cantsin., 1978
Item
Identifier: CC-16714-17069
Scope and Contents
The outside of the bag provides performance directions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1978
Syphon / Monty Cantsin., 1978
Item
Identifier: CC-16714-17069
Scope and Contents
The outside of the bag provides performance directions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1978
TRAX 0983: Anthems 2, 1983
Item — Box 270: [Barcode: 31858072460573]
Identifier: CC-23013-23450