Scope and Contents Mat stamped "Editore Francesco Conz." Internet: Paul de Vree (13 November 1909 in Antwerp, Belgium - 25 April 1982 in Antwerp, Belgium) was a Belgian poet, artist, publisher and critic. In the early 50s De Vree abandoned writing traditional poetry and then went through the stages of audiovisual poetry, concrete-visual poetry, visual poetry and poesia visiva. His works can be situated in the tradition of the international avant-garde that ran from Stéphane Mallarmé, Guillaume Apollinaire and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti via Van Ostaijen to Raoul Hausmann and Dada. De Vree created images of poetic, social and existential insights that appeared on constantly changing supports. De Vree was a complex and important figure with an international network and field of activity. He was particularly active in concrete and visual poetry and was important for the arts in his role as a critic and exhibition organiser. In 1953 De Vree initiated and co-founded De Tafelronde (1953-1981) magazine,...

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Michele Perfetti wrote a brief note about "Poesia Alternativa." Other brief comments were made by Umbro Apollinio, Renato Barilli, Paul deVree, Sarenco, Gillo Dorflies, Emilio Isgro, Eugenio MIccini, Lamberto Pignotti among others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes reproductions of collages and assemblages (pp 72, 166, 167, 180, 199) held by the Sackner Archive. A varient of a collage which is reproduced on p 261 is also held by the Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The portfolio was water damaged and the prints were trimmed after the accident. The images remain intact. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book describes an exhibition and a symposium that included sound poetry, which was held in Venice in June 1972. The critic, Rossana Apicella, mentions, "Let us hope, si licet, that visual poetry will not meet with rapid success, that it will remain immediate, violent, mad and popular, erudite and authentically experimental; there is a risk, otherwise, that according to the logic of human destiny it will get up to a dangerous pedestal." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Issued in conjunction with Chopin's book of the same title, a work also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Issued in conjunction with Chopin's book of the same title, a work also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book depicts an sampling of De Vree's poetic styles. Two original typed pages held by the Sackner Archive are reproduced in this book, "mier mens" page 17 and "picnic" page 25. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is among the most widely reproduced concrete poems of Paul De Vree. The word "Revolutie," printed in a circular way in red color has been fractured across its middle and placed slightly to the right of its top half to give an optical sense of movement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each saying is seen word by word through the eyes of masks. The words and the masks change from black to white creating a different pattern on each print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem consists of nine horizontally placed black colored hearts that simulate a group of flying airplanes. Their black color rather than conventional red is an anti-war protest (Vietnam). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Designated Pamphlet One 2nd ed. The first edition that was published in 1968 is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.