Diacono, Mario
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Alchimia della Scrittura: Opere 1963-1995, 1995
Nine books and drawings held by the Sackner Archive are depicted and annotated as "Collezione privata, Miami Beach" in this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
DIACONO ED 912 Posters (Situazione, No. 1): Appel, 1967
JCT 1, 1968
In this book, Diacono provides a parody of Stephan Mallarme's "Un Coup de Des." Diacono introduces the poem that he designates "a metrica n'aboolira with cartoons. He then cancells the 1914 layout with blue and orange colored rectangles to bring out its constructivistic presentation. Diacono's book predates the more famous cancelled text treatment by Marcel Broodthaers, a work also held by the Sackner Archive, that was published in 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Objections, 1968
The pages consist of heavy papercard stock onto which are printed a single visual or concrete poem. The pages consist of heavy papercard stock onto which are printed a single visual or concrete poem. The book deals with photographs of objects and collages made by Diacono that feature sexual and political themes. For example, these photographs include letraset textural dildos and collages dealing with sexual intercourse using words and neologisms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
