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Bann, Stephen, 1942-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1942 August 1

Nationality

British

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

A Preface by Stephen Bann for the Exhibition 29 May - 5 July 1986 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Bann S., 1986

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Identifier: CC-11749-11967
Scope and Contents

This catalogue consists entirely of a critical essay by Stephen Bann on Finlay's works dealing with the French Revolution. The cover is red paper stock, the end papers are blue paper stock, and the text is printed on white paper stock, e.g., the French tricolor flag. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Ampersands, 1968

 Item — Folder 13: [Barcode: 31858069877920]
Identifier: CC-22038-22454
Scope and Contents

Design by John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Ampersands Ambersands / Farrell, Simon; Bann, Stephen; Furnival, John; Furnival J., 1969

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Identifier: CC-12383-12609
Scope and Contents Printed by John Furnival as a single or as two copies, probably trial proofs, and never realized as an edition. Ten prints comprise an identical grid of 64 different ampersands in different colors on different colored paper stock and weights. There are 2 copies of the title page. In 6 prints, a grid of 31 x 32 ampersands is manipulated from a rectangular to an overprinted optical image. Three grids of 64 ampersands are identical. The Sackner copy is the most complete copy of this work. In Ceolfrith 14, Furnival's exhibition catalogue 1971, the work is mentioned by Bann and interpeted by Furnival as an incomplete folder. Getty Research Institute, the only other collection with this work indicated that the prints consist of dense rows of ampersands in a variety of styles, printed and overprinted. Their copy is dated 1969 snd contains 6 prints.. A version called "Amber sands" was constructed in wood by Kenelm Cox for the Brighton Festival, 1967. Cf. Concrete poetry -- Source of...
Dates: 1969

Art into Life: Russian Constructivism 1914-1932 / Bann S ; Andre C ; Arp H ; Berlewi H ; Burliuk D ; Chashnik IG ; Costakis G ; Duchamp M ; Exter A ; Ernst M ; Gan A ; Goncharova N ; Grosz G ; Hausmann R ; Heartfeld J ; Hoch H ; Itten J ; Kamensky V ; Kassak L ; Khlebnikov V ; Kliun I ; Klucis G ; Kobro K ; Kruchenykh A ; Kudryashov I ; Larionov M ; Lissitzky E ; Mayakovsky V ; Mansouroff P ; Marinetti FT ; Popova L ; Puni I ; Ray M ; Rodchenko A ; Rozanova O ; Stepanova V ; Suetin N ; Tatlin V ; Teige K ; Telingater S ; Zdanevich I ; Andel J ; Foster H ; Lodder C ; Kruger B ; Haacke H., 1990

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Identifier: CC-29330-30692
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was curated by Richard Andrews. The introduction and seven essays for this exhibition catalogue trace and describe Constructivism and its influence on Western art history in the twentieth century. Many of the works were drawn from Russian collections and are therefore newly seen in the west. The catalogue includes a timeline from 1909 to 1933 comparing events in Russia and in Western Europe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Celebrating a Life's Work 1927 - 1968 / Cox, Kenelm; Clark TA; Brett G; Finlay IH; Bann S; Furnival J; Reichardt J; Houedard DS., 2008

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Identifier: CC-54581-990027
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds a Clock that was made by Kenelm Cox on behalf of Dom Sylvester Houedard. Also in the Archive is the sculpture Suncycle that was planned with Nicholas Logsdale at the Lisson Gallery, cast in brass and sold as a multiple without a motor. The author title for this book is "Ken Cox." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Celebrating a Life's Work 1927 - 1968 / Cox, Kenelm ; Clark TA ; Brett G ; Finlay IH ; Bann S ; Furnival J ; Reichardt J ; Houedard DS., 2008

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Identifier: CC-54571-990018
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds a Clock that was made by Kenelm Cox on behalf of Dom Sylvester Houedard. Also in the Archive is the sculpture Suncycle that was planned with Nicholas Logsdale at the Lisson Gallery, cast in brass and sold as a multiple without a motor. The author title for this book is "Ken Cox." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Ceolfrith: Ian Hamilton Finlay with Photographs by Diane Tammes. No.5 / Ian Hamilton Finlay ; Diane Tammes ; Bann S., 1970

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Identifier: CC-20612-21014
Scope and Contents

This catologue includes facsimile examples of Finlay's poems, a bibliography, a list of works in the exhibition together with prices, and a history of the Wild Hawthorne Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Clip Stamp Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magaines 196X to 197X / Colomina, Beatriz, editor ; Buckley, Craig, editor ; Sky A ; Bois YA ; Bann S ; Cook P ; Steadman P ; Aubert J ; Lissitzky E ; Ranier A ; Samaras L ; Finlay IH ; Valoch J ; Biederman C ; Rodchenko A., 2010

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Identifier: CC-59122-10002242
Scope and Contents Amazon.com: "An explosion of little architectural magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture, as the magazines acted as a site of innovation and debate. Clip/Stamp/Fold takes stock of seventy little magazines from this period. The book brings together a remarkable range of documents and original research which the project has produced during its continuous travels over the last four years starting with the exhibition at the Storefront in November 2006. The book features transcripts from the "Small Talks" events in which editors and designers were invited to discuss their magazines; a stocktaking of over 100 significant issues that tracks the changing density and progression of the little magazine phenomenon; transcripts of more than forty interviews with magazine editors and designers from all over the world; a selection of magazine facsimiles; and a fold out poster that offers a mosaic image of more than 1,200 covers examined...
Dates: 2010

Collaborations / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Bann S ; Scobie S ; Hall D ; Orvell M ; Raine K ; Fine J., 1977

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Identifier: CC-11752-11970
Scope and Contents

This book consists of a collection of the following essays. Raines contributed a poem about Stonypath. Bann discussed Heroic Emblems by Finlay (designated Picture Poems in the Sackner Archive). Douglas Hall wrote of Finlay's collaboration with Jud Fine in their series of 20 drawings. Miles Orvell analyzed Finlay's "Pacific." Scobie provided an essay on Finlay's picture poem, "Homage to Kahnweiler." Finlay created a pun on Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler's critical book on Juan Gris "Life" and "Work" with the caption Juan Gris: His "Knife" and "Fork." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Collaborations / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Bann S ; Scobie S ; Hall D ; Orvell M ; Raine K ; Fine J., 1977

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Identifier: CC-12537-12765
Scope and Contents

Raines contributes a poem about Stonypath. Bann discusses Heroic Emblems by Finlay (designated Picture Poems in the Sackner Archive). Douglas Hall writes of Finlay's collaboration with Jud Fine in their series of 20 drawings. Miles Orvell analyzes Finlay's "Pacific." Scobie provides an essay on Finlay's picture poem, "Homage to Kahnweiler." Finlay creates a pun on Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler's critical book on Juan Gris "Life" and "Work" with the caption Juan Gris: His "Knife" and "Fork." Pencilled-in corrections in an unknown hand have been made for two typographic errors, 'r' for 't' on page 7 to change the word 'takes' to 'rakes' and 'n' for 'r' to change the name 'Gallard' to 'Galland.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Concrete Poetry: An International Anthology / Bann, Stephen, editor ; Gomringer E ; Ruhm G ; Mayer HJ ; Jandl E ; DeCampos H ; DeCampos A ; Grunewald JL ; Xisto P ; Braga E ; Garnier P ; Finlay IH ; Williams J ; Houedard DS ; Furnival J ; Bann S ; Morgan E ; Williams E ; Lax R., 1967

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Identifier: CC-22999-23436
Scope and Contents

Bann discusses the history and development of the concrete poetry movement in this first broadly based collection of concrete poetry published in book form. Sections are devoted to Latin, Germanic and English poets. Particular attention is paid to pioneers such as Gomringer, the Brazilian Noigandres group and British poets Finlay and Morgan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

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Concrete poetry 40
Critical text 28
Documentation 16
Picture poetry 15
Conventional poetry 14