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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6395 Collections and/or Records:

join the flag [small version] / Gerz, Jochen., 1968

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Identifier: CC-27453-28501
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A cluster of i's float above the word "jo ntheflag," an image that suggests there is a large group of individuals who wish to remain outside of conventionality. In this image of the poem, one of the 'i's' and a left-sided parenthesis symbol show remnants of erasure. This typing is designated No.495 in Gerz's Catalogue Raisonne Volume III. Another version on a larger sheet of paper has more erasures and is not included in the Catalogue Raisonne Volume III. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Joseph-Agricola Viala 1780-1893 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1994

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Identifier: CC-12596-12828
Scope and Contents This is a kinetic image of the name "Viala," a child-hero of the French revolution. Wikipedia: Joseph Agricol Viala (22 September 1780, Avignon "“ 6 July 1793, Caumont-sur-Durance) was a child hero in the French Revolutionary Army. Viala was living in Avignon when, in 1793, a federalist revolt broke out in the Midi after the fall of the Girondins in Paris. Supported by the British, the French Royalists allied themselves with the Federalists and took control of Toulon and Marseille. Faced with this uprising, the Revolutionary soldiers were forced to abandon Nîmes, Aix and Arles to the insurgents and fall back on Avignon. The inhabitants of Lambesc and Tarascon joined up with the rebels from Marseilles and together they headed for the Durance in order to march on Lyon, which had also revolted against the central government in Paris. The rebels hoped to destroy the Convention and put an end to the French Revolution. Joseph Agricol Viala was a nephew of Agricol Moureau, a Jacobin from...
Dates: 1994

Joue [Illegible} / Anonymous., 1983

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Identifier: CC-33340-34978
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The same text was written on two clear sheets of acetate. When aligned in the frame between two sheets of glass, the registration between the two is slightly off from overlapping such that an optical image is created. The title in English is cheek. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

July / Lawrence, Annette., 1994

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Identifier: CC-07678-7828
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Annette Lawrence is an African-American artist concerned with significant dates in her life. The drawing on a flattened, brown paper bag depicts spokes radiating from the center that consist of a series of two dates terminated with a large period. The dates mark the onset and termination of her menstrual periods from 1980-1994. Four thick vertical lines formed from her menstrual blood suggest an appearance of an incomplete cube, perhaps symbolizing absence of ovum fertilization. Lawrence was a participant in the Whitney Biennial 1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Just the Same Old Story / Cronin, Ted., 1989

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Identifier: CC-19645-20031
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The theme of this book deals with rivalry among people who have close relationships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Kaffecontro Kaffe / Ferro, Luigi., 1967

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Identifier: CC-12836-13123
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The letter "k" has been altered by fragmentation and rotation to form a grid-like structure. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Kaldron #19 / curry, jw; Massoudy H; Zenderoudi H; Yoshizawa S; Xenakis C; Sabatier R., 1985

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Identifier: CC-20748-21152
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curry gives a highly favorable review for What #2. "these are not "experimental" works & this is not a magazine of same. these are fully realized accomplishments in the realm of visual language, a realm in which the wallpaper poem & scattered collage proliferate. Kaldron is a tasty antidote to drive away the eyesoreness caused by most magazines of its ilk." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985