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Baroni, Vittore, 1956-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1956 January 17

Nationality

Italian

Found in 449 Collections and/or Records:

Millennium Bunny ([slower but] safer than the bug) , 1999

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-43925-46034
Scope and Contents

The stamp depicts a line drawing of Baroni's son in full figure holding a rabbitt on his lap. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Miniature Obscure, No. 2: Substitute, 1993

 Item — Box 125: [Barcode: 31858072458239]
Identifier: CC-06422-6540
Scope and Contents

The round cardboard case measuring 6.7" in diameter is made from handmade pulp such that bits of fragmented texts appear on its surface. Its lid is perforated in the center. The names of the contributors are printed on two concertinas made from red paper. One of the works has a background of the same word repetively printed in tight grid with two large empty letters, e.g., ER, superimposed = Ersatz (substitute). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Misplaced Postcards, 2013

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-57961-10001219
Scope and Contents

The images on the pages consist of reproductions of collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2013

momento mori, 1988

 Item — Box 329: [Barcode: 31858072490950]
Identifier: CC-23192-23630
Scope and Contents The work was based on a copy-art installation by Baroni for the "Ear Nerve" festival in Naples, Italy held in September 1988. Wikipedia: A memento mori (Latin 'remember that you will die is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. Popular belief says the phrase originated in ancient Rome: as a Roman general was parading through the streets during a victory triumph, standing behind him was his slave, tasked with reminding the general that, although at his peak today, tomorrow he could fall, or "” more likely "” be brought down. The servant is thought to have conveyed this with the warning, "Memento mori.".It is further possible that the servant may have instead advised, "Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!": "Look behind you! Remember that you are but a man! Remember that you'll die!", as noted by Tertullian in his Apologeticus. The thought came into its own with Christianity,whose strong emphasis on divine judgment, Heaven, Hell, and the...
Dates: 1988

Mon Alias: La Simona, 2000

 Item — Box 329: [Barcode: 31858072490950]
Identifier: CC-37551-39408
Scope and Contents

The rubberstamped words in a horizontal layout to form the lips of daVinci's appropriated Mona Lisa read, "Mona Lisa No Smile." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Moneybox, 1982

 Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]
Identifier: CC-21813-22224
Scope and Contents

Each of the .50 lire coins is placed within a separate, soft, plastic compartment that are joined together. The overlaid letraset letters, one each to the eight soft plastic compartments spell out moneybox. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

N.1/82: Near The Edge Coopstamps, 1982

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-21642-22053
Scope and Contents

Duplicates printed on different colored papers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

N.7/81 , 1981

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-21641-22052
Scope and Contents

The duplicate copies are printed on different colored papers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981