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Visual poetry

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4884 Collections and/or Records:

Attenzione Una Grande Novita La Poesia / Tola, Luigi., 1959

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Identifier: CC-01103-1132
Scope and Contents

This is a fine historic example of pre-poesia visiva. Tola belonged to Gruppo Studio, a Genovese group of artists founded in 1958 and still active in 2003 (see exhibition catalogue). This work represents one of Tola's "Wall Poems" as he called them at that time. Wikipedia: uigi Tola ( Genoa , October 5 1930 - Genoa , 25 June 2014 ) was an artist and poet Italian . Tola was one of the greatest exponents of Visual Poetry Italian. Active mainly in Genoa, where he founded the cultural centers The Porch, The Carbaga. He was also founder and director of the magazines Marcatré, Trerosso, The Ball. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1959

Audience. No.1 / Christopher Carrell, editor ; Phillips T., 1973

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Identifier: CC-25318-25774
Scope and Contents

Tom Phillips contributes an essay, "Notes on A Humument" which describes the creation of his seminal bookwork. Five pages from this book are depicted. This essay is a revision of the original that was published in London magazine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Augen Blicke Wort Erinnern: Begegnungen mit Carlfriedrich Claus, 1999

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Identifier: CC-33815-35481
Scope and Contents

This book edited by Gerhard Wolf consists of essays, photographs and reproductions of artworks contributed by several of Claus' friends as a memorial to his death, June 28, 1998. The loose print, a reproduction done in 1979, is placed between pages 58 and 59. The accordion pamphlet by Pierre Garnier is placed at page 80. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

aus: animal aus aimmel nur das alphabet [illegiible] / Mon, Franz., 1980

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Identifier: CC-54362-55038
Scope and Contents

This is a reproduction of a decollage work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

aus: animal uno das alphabet [illegible]" / Mon, Franz., 1980

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Identifier: CC-54566-990014
Scope and Contents

This is a reproduction of a decollage work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Auspicales Incalia Ad Hugum Carrega / Villa, Emilio., 1981

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Identifier: CC-50436-71504
Scope and Contents Internet: Emilio Villa passed away on 14th January 2003. He had been born at Affori, near Milan in 1914. He spent his life in Milan, Florence, Sao Paolo (Brazil) and most of all in Rome, engaging in studies of Semitic - he was an exile from the Vatican Institute of Biblical Studies "“ and early Greek philology and working actively with avant-garde artists both Italian and foreign. He carried out a remarkable prose translation of the Odyssey (1964) and he also translated some cuneiform tablets of the Accadic poem "Enuma Eli" (1939). Moreover he carried out a long labour of interpretation of some passages of the Bible, of the Pentateuch in particular. He contributed to several cultural reviews, such as "Frontispizio", "Letteratura", "Arti visive" (1953-56), to avant-garde magazines, such as "Ex" (1961-65) and "Tau/ma" (1980). Some of his most significant writings on contemporary art are collected in "Attributi dell'arte odierna" (1947-67) reedited by Aldo Tagliaferri...
Dates: 1981

Austausch O.K.!": Multilinear Text + Image im Spiegel der Zeit / Olbrich, Jurgen O.., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30924-32379
Scope and Contents

Each print consists of collages of covers and pages from German books reworked in a photocopier machine. The images depict a mixture of distorted but readable texts and images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Autumn / Mayer, Hansjorg, editor ; Roth D ; Williams E ; Hamilton R ; Duchamp M ; Thomkins A ; Wewerka S ; Ranier A ; Latham J ; Phillips T ; Dohl R ; Lax R., 1992

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Identifier: CC-38153-40047
Scope and Contents

Different parts of Tom Phillips' poster print, "Benches" are collaged onto the covers of the catalogues. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Avant 2 Symposium / Ficus Strangulensis., 2002

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Identifier: CC-39551-41509
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The CD consists of the slides that Ficus used in his talk at the Avant 2 symposium at Ohio State University in July 2002. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002