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Concrete poetry

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6475 Collections and/or Records:

No.1426: Million Volt Light-Sound Rave / Maggs Brothers ; Cobbing B., 2009

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Identifier: CC-49327-70369
Scope and Contents The annotation to the originals of nine maquettes of posters by Bob Cobbing offered for sale reads as follows. The origins and progress of London's theatrical, film andpoetic avant gardes and a significant tranche of the counterculture are traceable through these unique events posters (and one pure artwork) produced by a small and obscuregroup that emerged from the unlikely setting of suburban Hendon and Finchley. Bob Cobbing was the group's guiding spirit and founder, Britain's "major exponent of concrete, visual and sound poetry" (Guardian Obituary). He almost singlehandedly started, or at least inspired, the small DIY press revolution in Britain, founding the influential Writers' Forum, the long running "And' 'zine (copies of which are available above), and revitalising the experimental poetry scene in London in the process. Cobbing grew up in Enfield in a very strict family of fundamentalist Plymouth Brethren of hardworking signwriters (Guardian Obituary). He inherited...
Dates: 2009
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs

Noble Truths, Beautiful Lies, & Landscape Architecture, 1993

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Identifier: CC-28910-30236
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This book is a thesis dissertation for the degree of Master of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University. Its content deals almost exclusively with Ian Hamilton Finlay's spurned 1988 commission for a revolutionary garden at the former site of the Hotel des Menus Plaisirs, Versailles. Keeney describes the project and the political fall-out when the commision was withdrawn. This book is filed with Finlay material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / BOOKS

Nodiden / Nucha, Nahl., 1971

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Identifier: CC-38344-40244
Scope and Contents

A concrete poem is printed in varied patterns and with capital letters mostly using repetition of word 'Nodiden.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Noel Berlin Verona Conz / Noel, Ann ; Williams E ; Conz F ; Knowles A ; Higgins D ; Mayer H ; Spoerri D ; Ay-O ; Filliou R ; Finlay IH ; Iannone D ; Iannone D ; Jones J ; Patterson B ; Tardos A ; Sarenco ; Watts B ; Ben ; Skuber B ; Andersen E ; Corner P ; MacLow J ; Hendricks G ; Saito S ; Costa Cl., 2009

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Identifier: CC-49792-70847
Scope and Contents

Ann Noel, the wife of Emmett Williams dedicated this book "In memory of Emmett Williams with whom I shared the adventures described in this visual diary from a part of our life together." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Noise / Essary, Loris., 1984

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Identifier: CC-13407-13708
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Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Nome / Arnaldo Antunes; Celia Catunda; Kiko Mistrorigo; Zaba Moreau., 1996

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Identifier: CC-28845-30164
Dates: 1996
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Audiovisual Materials

Nome / Arnaldo Antunes; Celia Catunda; Kiko Mistrorigo; Zaba Moreau., 1996

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Identifier: CC-28845-30164
Dates: 1996
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Audiovisual Materials

Nominator/Demonimator / curry, jw., 1998

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Identifier: CC-30940-32395
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The clear acetate prints depict stylized overlay versions of the letter 'H' and are reminiscent of the letter pictures made by bp Nichol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Non-Figurativ / Petocz, Andras., 1989

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Identifier: CC-03761-3832
Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Non Libro / Zavattini, Cesare., 1970

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Identifier: CC-00051-50
Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

non & nonnon (291065) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1965

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Identifier: CC-08695-8868
Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Noneever, 1975

 Item — Box (formerly) Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: A-Ba, (IP) Baroni: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-26911-27384
Scope and Contents

Depicts block letters of square dimensions arranged like a crossword puzzle -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

[nononox], 2009

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Identifier: CC-49173-70213
Scope and Contents OUT IS IN was a review written by N.F. Karlins for ArtNet on the internet: "Good news! The Outsider Art Fair, Jan. 9-11, 2009, generated positive buzz and good sales in its 17th annual outing. My other favorite new artist is very much alive and producing new works like mad. This remarkable young man, Andrew Blythe of New Zealand, makes drawings mostly in black and white acrylic. The Stuart Shepherd Gallery had several beauties, including one using "x" and "No" as repeated motifs. Blythe's sophisticated, syncopated patterns are complex and totally satisfying. His layering of paint made me think of Franz Kline with his remarkable interweaving of white and black that leave the viewer unable to tease out which was put down first. Blythe's drawings were priced from $900 to $1,200, which I consider incredibly cheap." The drawing mentioned by Karlins was purchased by the Sackners. A detail is reproduced in Blythe's exhibition catalogue, also held by the Sackner Archive. This work can also...
Dates: 2009
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / Oversized

NORMS Graalaalaal GRAalaalaal / Merton, Thomas., 1968

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Identifier: CC-30798-32244
Scope and Contents

This poem is a varient of a poem reproduced in Merton's Collected Poems book. This poem is written in the style used by Jackson MacLow for stanzas who is mentioned in a letter from Merton to Emmett Williams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

NORMS Graalgraalgra / Merton, Thomas., 1968

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Identifier: CC-30799-32245
Scope and Contents

This poem is a varient of a poem reproduced in Merton's Collected Poems book. This poem is written in the style used by Jackson MacLow for stanzas who is mentioned in a letter from Merton to Emmett Williams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

North Carolina Artists Exhibition / Klauke M ; Paschal H., 1990

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Identifier: CC-05631-5738
Scope and Contents

Michael Klauke's drawing, "Morality of Language," held by the Sackner Archive, is reproduced on page 57. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

North of Intention; Critical Writings 1973-1986, 1986

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Identifier: CC-06772-6891
Scope and Contents

Includes critical analyses of bp Nichol's "Martyrology" and Lemire Tostevin's "Color of Her Speech." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Nossos Dias / De Campos, Augusto., 1953

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Identifier: CC-58339-10001555
Scope and Contents

This page was personally scnned under the direction of Augusto De Campos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1953
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

(Not So) Random Sightings [1965 - 1966] / levy, d.a. ; Bukowski C ; Berge C ; Sanders E ; Denis A., 2007

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Identifier: CC-47225-49968
Scope and Contents

This book includes reprints of "The North American Book of the Dead," Polluted Lake Series 11," Marrahwannah Newsletter #1 and Cleveland undercovers. The cover was designed by alan horvath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Nota. No.3 / gerhard von graevenitz, jurgen morschel, editors ; Cage J ; Bremer C ; Claus CF ; Scheerbart P ; Kriwet F ; Morgenstern C ; Hausmann R., 1959

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Identifier: CC-56770-53247
Scope and Contents

This issue includes very early publication of concrete poetry, notably poems by CarlFreidrich Clais, the East German poet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1959
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

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