Scope and Contents This work consists of poems embossed on clear celluloid by various writers. One of the prints is a version of Aram Saroyan's "eyeye." The tirage is unknown. Born in Dublin, Les Levine attended art school in London and emigrated to Canada in 1958. Levine began working in New York in the early sixties and is one of the first artists to be known as a "media artist." His first videotapes were produced in 1964. Since the, he has had over 100 exhibitions in the United States and has participated in such groundbreaking international exhibitions as Documenta 77. His work has been collected by most major contemporary art museums. Levine's most famous projects include his Irish-Jewish Canadian restaurant (New York, 1969), his imaginary "Museum of Mott Art" and his billboards with the slogan "Sex Won't Save You." Levine has been called the founder of media art, but his intent has been to question societal and cultural norms in innovative ways rather than to simply advance the use of...

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The cover is a visual piece by Lewis Warsh and this catalogue consists of books from the library of this poet, novelist, editor and publisher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue has extensive listings of Hirschman and McClure books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.