Book Walk Series in the Backwoods, 1978
Scope and Contents
Nineteen handmade books, drawings and objects are placed randomly within the leather formed feet. the bottom of the feet are hand lettered" Souls that walk Souls that talk." The project was started in 1979; the drawings are dated 1983. The theme of the work is the daily rural life of the Afro-American community including the papermakers at a community center, animal sketches, people and a leather object shaped like Noah's ark. Robinson, who received a MacArthur prize, had a major retrospective exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum 2006. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1978
Creator
Extent
1 item : 6 poem objects + 4 drawings, 6 books + booklet + 2 folders + wrapper + folded drawing (handmade paper, graphite, colored graphite, handwriting) + 2 folded drawings (handmade paper, graphite, graphite colored, beaded, stitched, handwriting) + folded drawing (felt, stitched, ink, beaded, needle) + book (felt, stitched, embroidery thread, needle, beads, felt pages) + poem object (felt, stitched, button, button loop) + book (felt, accordion fold, stitched, ink, beaded) + book (felt, stitched, beaded, toothpicks, needles) + book (canvas, accordion fold, ink, stitched, beaded, handwriting, needle) + folded poem object (canvas, ink, handwriting, stitched) + folder (leather, hand tooled, 2 folded drawings, 2 folded sheets) + book (leather, hand tooled, handmade paper, drawings, ink, colored graphite, handwriting) + poem object (colored leather, handwriting, stitched) + wrapper (leather, hand tooled, book, felt) + booklet (felt, stitched, wool, needle) + folder (leather, hand tooled, 8 drawings, graphite, sheets) + poem object (leather, hand tooled, handwriting, metal buckle) + poem object (folder, leather, sculpture, clay, hair, button, hand tooled, handwriting) + book (colored leather, stitched, unconventionally shaped, handmade paper) + poem object (box, cardboard, collaged, book, stitched, pages, acetate) in 2 containers (leather, unconventionally shaped, feet, handwriting, hand tooled, straps) ; 19 x 54 x 42 cm (leather feet), 53 x 63 cm (large drawing)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Original Sackner Archive Location
gallery
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Materials Specific Details
Published: Columbus, Ohio : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Brenda Lynn Robinson (b.c.- book cover); Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (l.r.- drawing). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: About 1 total copies.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921