Wolf, Anna
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Best Wishes for the Holidays / Wolf, Arne; Wolf, Anne., 1996
Big Letter Labyrinth / Wolf, Anna., 1991
This drawing was reproduced in Calligraphy Review 1992; Vol. 9: No.2: 52-55 in an exhibition review, written by Elizabeth Gand, of her show at Meridan Gallery, San Francisco. It was mistakingly entitled "Black Letter Labyrinth" in the review. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Bookwork, 1992
Gold & Silver Letter Labyrinth / Wolf, Anna., 1991
Homage to James Joyce / Wolf, Anna., 1993
Wolf's drawing, "Homage to James Joyce" was reproduced in Letter Arts Review Vol.11 No.3 as contributions to in their Seventh Annual Competition in the Singular Works category. Commenting on this work," Wolf writes, "In my pieces, I try to parallel visually the verbal structure of various texts, though not necessarily spelling out the actual words. This piece suggests the often incomprehensibility of Joyce's text, of comprehensibility only fo the "initiated." About "1001 Nights," she states, "The piece capture the flavor of the exotic Arabian fairy tales." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Hong Kong Tales, 1996
Wolf writes that "the Asian appearance of the text is created by overprinting a German text, inspired by stories told by the artist's German speaking son, who lives as a journalist in Hong Kong." Five distinct, folded booklets are fastened to the front (black) and back (red) covers; there is no spine. The book is wrapped with 2 colored paper tapes which are held by the long wooden stick. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Mandala / Wolf, Anna., 1991
Numbers Bookmobile / Wolf, Anna ; Schapiro, Miriam., 1993
The book structure was done by Anna Wolf in her typical style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Our Best Wishes for a Happy New Year / Wolf, Anna; Wolf, Arne., 1997
The words are printed in silver ink on a blue paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Out of 1001 Nights / Wolf, Anna., 1993
About "1001 Nights," Wolf stated in Letter Arts Review Vol.11 No.3, "The piece captures the flavor of the exotic Arabian fairy tales." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Photographs Artworks] / Wolf, Anna., 2001
These photographs depict a sampling of Wolf's works and are annotated on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Small Letter Labyrinth / Wolf, Anna., 1991
The Message Reads in a Clockwise Spiral Startin at the Center / Wolf, Arne; Wolf, Anna., 1993
The cards are assembled in a square like a jig-saw puzzle to form the Holiday greetings from the Wolfs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
When Word's Meaning Is in Their Look / Cotter, Holland; Drucker J; Hirschman J; Wolf A; McVarish E; Straus A; Bernstein C; Bee S; Scher P; Seagram B; Freeman B; Goswell J; Licko Z; Fella E; Ligorano N; Reese M; Burke B; Lehrer W; Meador C; Laxson R; Kellner T; Weiner L., 1998
Cotter reviews "The Next Word" at the Neuberger Museum of Art to which the Sackner Archive lent 25 books and pictures. Several of the works from the Archive are specifically described in the article including a manuscript by Jack Hirschman, a drawing by Anne Wolf, Emily McVarish's pasted-up words locked inside a metal frame, Paula Scher's "Opinionated Map: Central and South America" in which every inch on the Southern Hemisphere that is jammed with critical annotationt. "Elsewhere, the printed text, often taking a cue from advertising, comes to the fore. Blair Seagram's 'U Temp est Us' uses a sleek sans-serif type, offbeat spacing and shifting character sizes to hide phrases within other phrases." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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