Political poetry
Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Arms Trade, 1996
Item — Box 414: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-28295-29472
Scope and Contents
Vamp & Tramp Internet: "Handmade paper from shredded paper currency with rag pulp including clothing from the victims named. Handset types used include Stymie, Clarendon, Baskerville, and Neuland. Metal relief engravings and woodcuts created for the images and printed by John Risseeuw at his Cabbagehead Press in Tempe, Arizona. Signed and numbered by the artist. Risseeuw created a piece about the world arms trade, printed on paper made from clothing of victims of armed conflict and recycled currency from the top 10 arms-exporting nations. John Risseeuw, Content-Specific Handmade Paper in Prints and Artist Books: "I started with an appropriate quote about arms sales, then printed a list of the top ten arms exporting nations between 1990 and 1994. The U.S. was (and is to this day), to my regret, the top exporter by far. I began a list of arms sold as well as some woodcut and engraved images. Inside the piece, the facts continue about the value of arms sold, the list of arms, and...
Dates:
1996
Bill deKooning's Bicycle Seat Meets Post-Modern Politics / Risseeuw, John L.., 1989
Item
Identifier: CC-03206-3255
Delivery for You, Mr. North / Risseeuw, John L.., 1990
Item
Identifier: CC-03207-3256
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