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Visual poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4850 Collections and/or Records:

Man?, 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-06064-6178
Scope and Contents

This collage profile of a stylized human body alludes to multiple physical malfunctions from "bald" to "cough" to "corns" clipped from newspaper ads. The figure is standing on a base which states "Under capitalism...medicine is a commodity and a business. Disease is a commodity of capitalism. Under capitalism, the businesses and institions of capitalism need disease as merchandise to do business with, to make money, to sell medicine. Fidel Castro - January 8, 1969." This poem was published in Mayer's "earmouth" 1972 and in Delo, 1975. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[man buildings] / Gluschenko, Alexander., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-60816-10003671
Scope and Contents

Taken from pete spence's Archive 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Man from Red, 2000

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-35654-37403
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts three stylized reddish-brown male nude figures placed over text for the outside two figures and on gold paint for the center figure. The top has the numbers 1 to 7 written in a horizontal row. The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Man Wat, 1984

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 31858072459427]
Identifier: CC-36487-38284
Scope and Contents

According to Boshoff, this drawing shows "organic, interwoven sentences that have something to do with the inflection of words and the construction of sentences." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Management / Rehfeldt, Robert., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-03180-3229
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a photographic reproduction of a collage dealing with images relating to money along with the silhouette of a man standing in front of it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Mane / Steen, Vagn., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-28172-29335
Scope and Contents

Mane in English = conjure and Mane with accent over 'a' = moon. Steen utilizes opened and closed parenthesis and a circle over the 'a' of "mane" to suggest cycles of the moon related to the word "conjure." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Manhattan / Furnival, John., 1973

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-54811-990241
Scope and Contents

The images of this print are depicted as a standing screen on pages 46-47 in Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Manhatten - A Detail / Furnival, John., 1971 - 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-12666-12907
Scope and Contents

This is a detail photograph of the Statue of Liberty that was composed with words on a 6 x 4 foot screen done with pen and ink on board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971 - 1972

Manhatten: Centre Panel / Furnival, John., 1971 - 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-12672-12915
Scope and Contents

This photograph of the center panel of one of Furnival's screens shows the Statue of Liberty which is totally composed of text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971 - 1972

Mani (pol) azioni / Schiavino, Maria Teresa., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-48738-69772
Scope and Contents

Most of the pages depict an image of a hand with accompanying text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Manoscritti e Altro (1977-93) / Miglietta, Enzo ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-06364-6481
Scope and Contents

This catalogue mentions that the Sackner Archive holds Miglietta's works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Maograd, 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-18959-19338
Scope and Contents

The theme of this book is a critique of the Chinese leader, Mao. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977