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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6395 Collections and/or Records:

It's Time Impeach... / Risseeuw, John L.; Cohick, Aaron., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-44873-47045
Scope and Contents

The theme of this broadside is impeachment of the Bush government cabal for a litany of reasons expressed in different dimension snd colored typefaces. It was printed as a demonstration project at the conference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

I've Got to See a Man about a Dog, 1975

 Item — Folder 31: [Barcode: 31858072459906]
Identifier: CC-19800-20187
Scope and Contents

Phrases in this print include: red as a tomato, stubborn as a mule, mad as a hatter, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Izbrannoe [Gerlovins] 1974-1984 / Gerlovina, Rimma; Gerlovin, Valeriy., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-59924-60877
Scope and Contents

Includes images of artwork done in from 1974-1984 in Russia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

[Jabber] / Zellen, Jody., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-00109-112
Scope and Contents

Words depicted in black text of different size typefaces representing visual sounds including vibration, jangle, crashing, explode, clank, jabber, and crash appear on an abstract background with a silhouette of a solitary figure. The image is part of Zellen's preoccupation with the violence present in large cities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

J'Accuse / Hudson, Mike., 1995

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Identifier: CC-35046-36771
Scope and Contents

The text deals with the decision of the French government to perform nuclear bomb testing near Australia and its impact on the environment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Jack Nr.729a / jw curry., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-30965-32421
Scope and Contents

This was the first and possibly the only issue published in a planned run in which each issue was to be devoted to the work of a single author. It was edited and published by Greg Evason. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Jackson Pollock / Sutherland, W. Mark., 1993

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Identifier: CC-02750-2793
Scope and Contents

The image of this poem depicts Sutherland's interpretation of an Pollock abstract expressionistic painting formed by repetitively writing the name Jackson Pollock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Jacob's Boat / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

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Identifier: CC-35253-36987
Scope and Contents

The pages describe the boat with a grid of words that signify colors, e.g., green, brown, black, and ochre. The last page has a grid of the word, patch. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Jade Sound / Cobbing, Bob., 1976

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Identifier: CC-17512-17878
Scope and Contents

Designated tall books number three. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Jade Sound / Cobbing, Bob., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-17513-17879
Scope and Contents

Designated tall books number three. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Jade Sound Poems (Reformed Konkrete Canticle) / Claire, Paula ; Cobbing, Bob., 1976

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Identifier: CC-17325-17689
Scope and Contents

Cobbing's poems have handwritten annotations by Claire for their performance at the Berlin Festival, Akademie der Kunst, September 1977. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

James Joyce as Ulysses / Sokol, John., 1977

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Identifier: CC-46581-49311
Scope and Contents

This print depicts a portrait of Joyce drawn from handwritten phrases of his novel "Ulysses." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Janela ao Mondo (Window to the World), 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-43727-45817
Scope and Contents

This poem is circular in shape and the frame is meant to be hung in a diamond shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Japan: The Art of the Book, Past And Present / Ito M ; Matsutani ; Niikuni S ; Takahashi S ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA., 1986

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Identifier: CC-37347-39199
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive lent one book by Ito, one book by Matsutani, one book by Niikuni, and four books by Takahashi to this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986