Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1920-07-30 - 2002-09-29
Nationality
British
Found in 986 Collections and/or Records:
Art Without Boundaries: 1950-70 / Woods, Gerald, editor ; Thompson, Philip, editor ; Williams, John, editor ; LeWitt S ; Boyle M ; Cobbing B ; Roth D ; Higgins D ; Houedard DS ; Oldenburg C ; Gaul W ; Bass S ; Carmi E ; Folon ; Hamilton R ; Kriwet F ; Massin R ; Mayer HJ ; Rand P ; Rauschenberg R ; Themerson F ; Themerson S ; Tschichold J ; Wright E ; Cage J ; Chermayeff I ; Fletcher A ; Ionesco E ; Schmidt P., 1972
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Identifier: CC-41951-43947
Scope and Contents
This book is reviewed by Adrian Shaughnessy in eye Vol.13 no.50, 2003. Its aim was to show that graphic design and fine art blend as one. In the review, Shaugnessy points out that in the 21st century, the disciplines are growing apart due to commercial art galleries that need to distinguish the two to maintain business. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1972
Arthur Turner / Cobbing, Bob., 1989
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Identifier: CC-17627-17995
As I Think Joyce Would Have Maintained / Cobbing, Bob., 1979
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Identifier: CC-17669-18037
Scope and Contents
This poem was published in Kollected Kriss Kringle Vol 4 by Anarcho Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1979
as i was saying / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 1996
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Identifier: CC-44980-47155
Assembling Magazines 1969-2000 / Perneczky, Geza ; Chopin H ; Cobbing B ; Carrion U ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK ; Spatola A ; Vigo EA ; Ferrando B ; Perez D ; Calleja JM ; Kostelanetz R ; Szombathy B ; Perkins S ; Kocman JH ; Schraenen G ; Padin C ; Sampaio J ; Bruscky P ; Lisboa U ; Rehfeldt R ; Deisler G ; Jesch B ; Warnke U ; Dana L ; Fischer H ; VanBarneveld A ; Brand J ; DeJonge K ; Gaglione B ; Meade R ; Marin M ; Baroni V ; Ruch G ; Black J ; Raman E ; Herman C ; Holtz S ; Bogdanovic N ; Lenoir P ; Pignatari D ; DeCampos A ; DeCampos H ; Tarlatt U ; Kowalski J ; Berchenko G ; Zito R ; Petasz P ; Giacomucci U ; Boumans B ; Kantor I ; Zack D ; Home S ; Olbrich JO ; Hainke W ; Ciani P ; Kierspel J ; Stirnemann MV ; McLean D ; Neaderland L ; Stetser C ; And M ; Was E ; Bille P ; Alatalo S ; Gerlovina R ; Gerlovin V ; Nikonova R ; Segay S ; Konstriktor B ; Ebel G ; Ahnert C ; Cohen R ; Cardella J ; Guttierez R ; Peacock S ; Fabry A ; Resch R ; Krabbe P ; Putz C ; Tillier T ; Maggi R ; Morandi E ; Gagnon JC ; Lehmus J ; Seifert J ; Galantai G ; Toth G ; Blaine J ; spence p ; Collins P ; Delgado FG ; Gette PA., 2007
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Identifier: CC-46801-49533
Scope and Contents
Perneczky provides essays on definitions and history of Assemblings as well as in depth analysis of individual publications in this heavily illustrated book. He adds personal vignettes on collecting several of these publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
2007
Association of Little Presses Newsletter. Mar-May / Bob Cobbing, editor ; Higgins D., 1981
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Identifier: CC-31338-32814
Association of Little Presses Newsletter. No.1/Jun / Bob Cobbing, editor., 1984
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Identifier: CC-31363-32840
Association of Little Presses Newsletter. No.2/Sep / Bob Cobbing, editor ; Cobbing B., 1984
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Identifier: CC-31361-32838
Association of Little Presses Newsletter. No.3/May-Jun / Bob Cobbing, editor., 1984
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Identifier: CC-31362-32839
Association of Little Presses Newsletter. No.4/Jan / Bob Cobbing, editor., 1982
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Identifier: CC-31364-32841
Association of Little Presses Newsletter. No.9 / Cobbing B., 1968
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Identifier: CC-26117-26579
Bag / Upton, Lawrence ; Cobbing, Bob., 1997
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Identifier: CC-45227-47412
Ballet of the Speech Organs: On Bob Cobbing / Cobbing, Bob ; Smith, Steven Ross ; Toop D ; Cheek C ; Griffiths B ; Adler J ; Burwell P ; Hollo A ; Harwood L ; Nuttall J ; Rowan J ; Claire P ; bissett b ; Valoch J ; Ginsberg A ; Jandl E ; Nichol bp ; Dufrene F ; Kerouac J ; Beckett S ; Joyce J ; Chopin H ; Stein G ; DeVree P., 1998
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Identifier: CC-44993-47169
Scope and Contents
Cobbing describes the first time he used words in a non-semantic way (1959). Now does no belive that there are any distinction beween music and art and poetry and dance. He indicates that he does not notate his sound poems because "every shape one sees on a page, conjures up a sound - any sound one hears conjures up a pattern, a mark on the page. Ross asks Cobbing about his sound scores [abstract markings] and how he reads these marks. He cites Norman McLaren who drew a sound track on film. McLaren stated that "a thin line will give you a high sound, a thicker line will give you a lower sound. If you make a little tiny point it'll give you a high 'ping,' if you make it a rounder blob, a biggr blob, it'll give you a 'boom'..." Cobbing indicates than when he makes marks on paper, he writes in sound. Cobbing tells about a painting he made that was exhibited in a library entitled "Integration alone is not enough" (1962/1963) in which Margaret Thatcher, then a local representative saw...
Dates:
1998
Bang On / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 1996
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Identifier: CC-44944-47117
Barnet Poets: An Anthology by Children of the New Borough of Barnet 2nd Edition / Cobbing, Bob, editor ; Mackerness B ; Tomkins M ; Sabatini G., 1965
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Identifier: CC-32392-33963
Scope and Contents
Also designated Writers Forum Poets Number 10. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1965
Basil Bunting - Poem for Two Voices / Cobbing, Bob., 1974
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Identifier: CC-17672-18040
Scope and Contents
All the words in this poem begin with the letter "b." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1974
Basil / Cobbing, Bob., 1989
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Identifier: CC-17631-17999
Batie, La / Heidsieck B ; Nomads ; Ruch G ; Olbrich JO ; Stewart A ; Cobbing B ; Metcalf P ; Tietz W., 1996
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Identifier: CC-49584-70633
Scope and Contents
This booklet provides information on the events and times of presentations and includes a two page program for sound poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1996
Beethoven / Cobbing, Bob., 1992
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Identifier: CC-20232-20628
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Sound poetry 523
- Concrete poetry 239
- Abstract markings 220
- Xerox art 124
- Documentation 93
- Conventional poetry 63
- Performance poetry 63
- Fragmented text 45
- Visual poetry 43
- Critical text 36
- Text over text 33
- Conventional non-fiction 30
- Visual art 23
- Letter picture 22
- Repetitious text 22
- Typewriter poetry 20
- Visual/verbal 20
- Biography 18
- Permutation 16
- Found poetry 15
- Calligraphic markings 14
- Computer art 14
- Conventional fiction 14
- Alphabetical text 13
- Calligraphic text 10
- Language poetry 10
- Shaped poetry 10
- Reference text 9
- Artist book 8
- Political text 8
- Book review 7
- Constellation 7
- Music 6
- Cancelled text 5
- Computer text 5
- Experimental fiction 5
- Musical notation 5
- Picture poetry 5
- Artist book (citation) 4
- Correspondence art 4
- Exhibition review 4
- Illustrated book (limited edition) 4
- Mathematical poetry 4
- Political poetry 4
- Assembling 3
- Auto-destructive art 3
- Conceptual text 3
- Fluxus 3
- Typography 3
- Bibliography 2
- Dada 2
- Diagram 2
- Experimental typography 2
- Illustrated book 2
- Minimalist poetry 2
- Mirror writing 2
- Neologism 2
- Phonetic text 2
- Portrait 2
- Pre-Mallarme work 2
- Surrealism 2
- Typewriter art 2
- Aphorism 1
- Artist book (limited edition) 1
- Asemic writing 1
- Bauhaus 1
- Conceptual art 1
- Constructivism 1
- Cubism 1
- Haiku 1
- Ideogram 1
- Lettrisme 1
- Music score 1
- Obituary 1
- Optical image 1
- Palindrome 1
- Stamp art 1
- Vorticism 1 + ∧ less
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