Helmes, Scott, 1945-
Nationality
American
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Breathing , 1991
Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The poem consists of two words, "In and Out." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Breathing #2, 1991
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.
D Rain B Loom, 2006
Each page of this book is a collaborative poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Flux Zine, No. 1: Assembling Zine in a Box, 2003
Mail Art Helmes , 1980
P Piece, 2001
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.
Poems 1972-1997, 1997
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.
[Troubly lathered], 2001
The photograph depicts a text by Bennett that Helmes overprinted with four rectangular shapes enclosing abstract markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Typomusings, 2000
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.
