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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 5481 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Cornell: Gifts of Desire / Tashjian, Dickran ; Clearwater B ; Clearwater J ; Spector B., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-01455-1488
Scope and Contents

The author has focused on analysis of works by Cornell that were gifts to ballerinas, actresses, poets and historic figures. Buzz Spector's cedar box is a unique collage using vintage post cards under blue plexiglas. "Spector contrasts revelation and mystery in his homage to this enigmatic artist." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Joseph Cornell: Gifts of Desire / Tashjian, Dickran ; Clearwater B ; Clearwater J ; Trasobares C., 1992

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Identifier: CC-01454-1487
Scope and Contents

The author has focused on analysis of works by Cornell that were gifts to ballerinas, actresses, poets and historic figures. Cesar Trasobares has created a "cedar box with a wire lid that opens like a gate to the nostalgic garden of Cornell's collage...on the cover." The artist also uses IRS tax rulings, airline schedules and assorted Cornell-like objects. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Journal d'un jour: Le petit Noeuf. 9.99 / Michel Corfou, editor., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33648-35307
Scope and Contents

The theme of this issue is "Eggs." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Journal of a Year 1997 / Diehl, Carol., 1998

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Identifier: CC-29980-31371
Scope and Contents

In 1992, Carol Diehl started to use letters, words and symbols in paintings to record events in her life. This exhibition at the Hirschl & Adler Gallery displayed 12 paintings, one for each month of the year. The rich, colorful, madala-like arrangements are reminiscent of the paintings of Alfred Jensen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Journal of Evidence Weekly, Vol. 138 / Wilner, Martin., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48136-69159
Scope and Contents

This letterpress edition of Journal of Evidence Weekly Volume 138 was published on the occasion of Martin Wilner's exhibition, "More Drawings about History and Evidence," at the Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, New York from January 4 through February 4, 2008. The Sackner Archive lent three of their original Wilner drawings to the exhibition. The Archive also holds a unique book of subway drawings with a different cast of characters seated on the train, Journal of Evidence Weekly Volume 122. The books are visual chronicles of Wilner's trips from his house to his office (he is a practicing phychiatrist) on the New York subway. He draws portraits of his fellow passengers adn records their conversations in cartoon bubbles as he evesdrops on them. Running across the top of the drawings and meandering through someof the drawings are the names of the subway stops where the action took place. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Journal of Evidence Weekly Vol.122 / Wilner, Martin., 2006

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Identifier: CC-46357-49082
Scope and Contents

This is a visual chronicle of Wilner's trips from his house to his office (he is a practicing psychiatrist) on the New York subway. He draws portraits of his fellow passengers and records their conversations in cartoon bubbles as he evedrops on them. Running across the top of the drawings and meandering through some of the drawings are the names of the subway stops where the actions took place. He depicts a Rabbi with the Hebrew prayer Alenu making up his beard on one of the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Journal of the Absurd / Siegel, Jules ; Garfunkel, Bernard ; Bryan, Diana., 1980

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Identifier: CC-33472-35116
Scope and Contents

The book consists of brief new articles that document an absurd event. The black paper cut-out illustrations by Diana Bryan are stylistically like those of the artist, Kara Walker, who made such work in the mid to late nineties. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Joys & Perplexities / Harrison, Lou ; Cage J., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09365-9551
Scope and Contents

Most of the illustrations by Harrison depict non-erotic frontal nudity. This book is also designated Jargon 110. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Junge Kunst im Kasseler Raum / Olbrich JO ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA., 2000

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Identifier: CC-43742-45832
Scope and Contents

In one of Olbrich's pieces in this exhibition, he lists collections in a piece, entitled "art is where you find it" that have an ongoing subscription to his works (Auf Dauer) and includes a reproduction of the Sackner Archive drawing among them. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Juniper / Depew, Wally; Depew L., 2000

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Identifier: CC-53109-74256
Scope and Contents

This work by Wally Depew was designed by Linda Depew and issued in 26 lettered copies. The letter assignation was done on a post-it on the verso of the folder as well as on the colophon. The colored paper assemblage was inserted into the junction for the fastening of the paper folder. Depew designated the works in this series as Artist's Photobooks. Several of the images have been computer manipulated. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Jurassic Colosseum / spence, pete., 1985

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Identifier: CC-41051-43032
Scope and Contents

spence writes a stream of consciousness account of the beginning of the earth with pseudo-scientific illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985