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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Anatomia - I / Cepl, Gernot., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-19587-19972
Scope and Contents

The book consists of pages with reproductions of collaged, anatomic dissections of the human body in awkward poses usually placed within a surrealistic setting as well as pages with roentgenographic reproductions of various sections of the body along with verbal captions. Cepl has cut out a single, stencilled letter from the title on several pages signifying the first letter of the word designating the organ system depicted on pages in the proximity of the perforated page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Arcadia / Cepl, Gernot., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-19623-20009
Scope and Contents

Cepl has partially cancelled blocks of text with multicolor crayons. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Coeur en Eventail / Cepl, Gernot., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-19626-20012
Scope and Contents

The torn layered appearance of the glued pages has similar iconography to an artist book, Art History, by Buzz Spector, that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Ein Arzt Fucht Feinen Weg / Cepl, Gernot., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-19628-20014
Scope and Contents

Cepl collaged or rubberstamped mostly medical illustrations on each page of this novel by Hans Kunkel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

[Lungs] / Gernot Cepl., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-17801-18171
Scope and Contents

An red inked outline of the two lungs appears on the two pages inside the front and back covers, with collaged textural rectangles placed around these images in a manner similar to Albers' Homage to the Square series. The back cover depicts a painted image of the trachea and carina. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

[Lungs] / Gernot Cepl., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-17801-18171
Scope and Contents

An red inked outline of the two lungs appears on the two pages inside the front and back covers, with collaged textural rectangles placed around these images in a manner similar to Albers' Homage to the Square series. The back cover depicts a painted image of the trachea and carina. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Roman / Cepl, Gernot., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-19613-19999
Scope and Contents

This is a trade edition German novel in which Cepl has collaged the covers and a small portion of each page with torn or cut fragments of printed text from other books or periodicals with different languages. The covers and part of their insides are covered completely with such fragments -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Schwarz-Buch I / Cepl, Gernot., 1988 - 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-19612-19998
Scope and Contents

The blocks of text are painted for the most part black with the margins left intact. In some instances, grays are used so that the printed text is allowed to shine through. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988 - 1989

The Lone Star Ranger / Cepl, Gernot., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-19627-20013
Scope and Contents

The pages of the book have been glued together and can only be opened to the two facing pages in its middle whose image accompanies this record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Vom sichtbar Unsichtbaren (Think Think...) / Broel, Elisabeth ; Cepl, Gernot., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-23985-24435
Scope and Contents

The pages of this book have been cut from newspapers and magazines. White and red paint has been applied to partially obscure the text and images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994