Scope and Contents This book was edited by Marcella and Nicoletta Danon in homage to their late mother and grandmother, Betty Danon. In the introduction by Marcella Danon, mention is made that Betty Danon's work is held in the Sackner Archive. Conceptual artist and visual poet. Danon was born in Istanbul and lived in Milan, Italy, since 1956. She worked with Sound and Sign, starting from Jungian symbology, reducing circle and square in their primal elements - dot and line - that she will develop in her future works: abstract musical scores and interventions on Sound and Sign. She participated, in Italy and abroad, in many personal and collective exhibitions and twice in Special Exhibitions within the Venice Biennial, in 1978 and in 1980. Her work is well documented in many contemporary art magazines and international art archives. She voluntarily left, in the 1980's, the conventional art circuits in order to share her work with artists from all over the world trough Mail Art, and in order to spread...

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This book consists of reproductions of selected works by Danon over the period 1969-1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The theme of punto (point) and linea (line) is interpreted with several calligraphic and typewritten processes, one to each page. The photocopied letter was posted by Roland Barthes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The text by Mirella Bentivoglio introduces this Mail Art exhibition catalogue by feminine Italian artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Additional artists: Diamantini, Chiara ; Esposito, Anna ; Gussago, Maria Ferrero ; Gut, Elisabetta ; Izzo, Marilede ; Kubisch, Christina ; Lai, Maria ; Lanza, Sveva ; Marcucci, Lucia ; Mejia, Silvia ; Melandri, Valeria ; Meo, Gisella ; Montalcini, Paola Levi ; Oberto, Anna ; Paci, Anna ; Sandri, Giovanna ; Savoi, Alba ; Schodl, Greta ; Skuber, Berty ; Weller, Simona.