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Helmes, Scott, 1945-

 Person

Nationality

American

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Breathing , 1991

 Item — Folder 57: [Barcode: 31858072537917]
Identifier: CC-09068-9247
Scope and Contents

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The poem consists of two words, "In and Out." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Breathing #2, 1991

 Item — Folder 54: [Barcode: 31858072537883]
Identifier: CC-09069-9248
Scope and Contents

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The background of this work is rubberstamped multiple times, "In Out," and found printed texts and images are collaged onto the rubberstamping. The collage is enclosed by a plastic laminate. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

D Rain B Loom, 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-48475-69504
Scope and Contents

Each page of this book is a collaborative poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

P Piece, 2001

 Item — Box 336: [Barcode: 31858072491115]
Identifier: CC-37389-39242
Scope and Contents

This is a four column listing of all words beginning with the letter 'P' associated with being a urologic patient, e.g., poked, prodded, palped, peed, pawed, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Poems 1972-1997, 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29941-31332
Scope and Contents

This is one of 25 signed and numbered copies. The remaining 25 copies in the run were unsigned. In the introduction, Helmes writes "In the late 70's I met Ruth and Marvin Sackner and Richard Kostelanetz. They, along with Karl Kempton and Kay Arndt, have been critical supporters of my work for which I am continually grateful." This book consists of a varied selection of Helmes' poems, reproduced from rubberstamping, line stencilling and letraset collaging. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

[Troubly lathered], 2001

 Item — Folder 12: [Barcode: 31858069877862]
Identifier: CC-38888-40814
Scope and Contents

The photograph depicts a text by Bennett that Helmes overprinted with four rectangular shapes enclosing abstract markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Typomusings, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34691-36394
Scope and Contents

Helmes cut up pages from periodicals that had offset word and calligraphic content and arranged them into new forms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000