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Visual poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4850 Collections and/or Records:

[Poiesis] / Fontana, Giovanni., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-10834-11044
Scope and Contents

These prints were exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California, an exhibition that was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Poker Playing Buddies / Goswell, Joan Iversen., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-29692-31067
Scope and Contents The main image is a photocollage of Dole, Reagan, Gingrich, Clinton and Josef Goebbels playing poker. Clinton holds cards onto which are written, dunno, yes/no, I'm not sure, and perhaps. Dole holds cards onto which are written, distrust, AIDS, and hopelessness. Reagan holds cards onto which are jobs, corruption, and I'm for me. Gingrich holds cards onto which are written, "greed, power, and censorship." The main text image, eraser stamped with large capital letters in the center of the drawing, reprints a quote from Thomas Jefferson, "The Tree of Liberty Must be Refreshed from Time to Time with the Blood of Tyrants. It is its Natural Manure." On the right and left borders of this quote, Goswell rubberstamped an article from Harper's Weekly dealing with a public scandal involving the first Ex-President of the United States on Wall Street, Ulysses S. Grant, who was implicated in a stock market scam. The bottom third of the drawing consists of a black and white photographic print of...
Dates: 1996

Polaroids / Necakov, Lillian., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29488-30853
Scope and Contents

The five facsimile polaroid photographs, that depict visual poetic images, are inserted at random into the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Political Poem / Morris, Stephen., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-42126-44128
Scope and Contents

The print depicts the names of four famous politicians with symbols substituted for certain letters, e.g., Nixon with a swatstika for the 'x', Johnson with a $ for the 's' and Kennedy for two coffins for the two 'n's.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Poor Old Tired Horse: The Tug The Barge. No.20 / Ian Hamilton Finlay ; Lyle P., 1961 - 1967

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Identifier: CC-04812-4903
Scope and Contents

The poems were composed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and the drawings were done by Peter Lyle. The pamphlet lists Wild Hawthorne publications (winter '66/'67 list). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961 - 1967

[Pornografia: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!] / Biro, Jozsef., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30879-32331
Scope and Contents

Collage depicts images of nude women engaging in sexual intercourse overlaid with Hungarian text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[Pornografia: erotikusat] / Biro, Jozsef., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30878-32330
Scope and Contents

Collage depicts images of nude women engaging in oral sex and masturbation overlaid with Hungarian text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[Pornografia: Post Stamp] / Biro, Jozsef., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-50831-71909
Scope and Contents

Collage depicts a nude women engaging in sexual intercourse along with a letter picture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Pornografia - Sorozatbol / Biro, Jozsef., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30877-32329
Scope and Contents

Collage depicts images of nude women engaging in sexual intercourse, oral sex and masturbation overlaid with Hungarian text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Porte di Sibari, Le / Caruso L ; Martini SM ; Aiello C ; Cianci C ; Magro F ; Mennitti-Paraito E ; Miglietta E ; Parentela M., 1994

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Identifier: CC-29006-30342
Scope and Contents

The name, Le Porte di Sibari, denotes a group of visual poets that were organized by Luciano Caruso in 1990. They are all included in this exhibition that was curated by Caruso. Together with SM Martini, he contributed critical essays to this catalogue published by Belforte Editore Libraio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Portrait de Mau Tse-Tse aux 100,000 Vaginas / Chopin, Henri., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-19786-20173
Scope and Contents

Also published in Collection Ou No.0. This is a spoof of Chairman Mao stating that he wants to invent a woman with 100,000 vaginas as depicted in the central image of this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970