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PETRIfied forEAST / Galantai, Gyorgy ; Petri, Gyorgy ; Forgacs, Peter., 1994

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Identifier: CC-10622-10831

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Scope and Contents

The three books were created by their authors during a residency in 1990. The book, Oppression & Freedom, Inc. - dedicated to memory of Peter Mark Roget consists of a list of words beginning with "non," dictionary pages that include oppression & free thesaurus pages that include words beginning with "free"; the pages have a header, Supposed but not allowed. A book, Poetry, contains Haiku & picture poems. Galantai's artist book, He is He, contains minimalist poems, visual art, and a concrete poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1994

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (3 soft cover books + pages (collaged, photocopied colored, lithograph, silkscreen, letterpress) + page (mylar) + 2 pages (fold-out) (24 pages) in slipcase (cardboard, photocopied colored)) ; 27.8 x 25.4 cm (book)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Tempe, Arizona : Arizona State University Visual Arts Research Studios. Signed by: G. Galantai (l.l.- colophon); Gyorgy Petri (b.c.- colophon); [Peter] Forgacs (l.r.- colophon). Nationality of creator: Hungarian. General: About 100 total copies. About 93 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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