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The exhibition was curated by Elizabeth Phillips and Tony Zwicker; the introduction was written by Robert Rainwater. The Sackner Archive owns other copies of the following books that were exhibited: Mel Bochner: Ludwig Wittgenstein's On Certainty; Henrik Drescher's Too Much Bliss; Jasper Johns' Foirades/Fizzles; Barbara Kruger's My Pretty Pony; Lucas Samarus' Book; Edwin Schlossberg's Wordswordswords; Wallace Ting's 1 cent Life; Trevor Winkfield's Harry Mathews The Way Home. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The introduction to this book was written by Hal Foster.Amazon.com Reviews; Library Journal: Bluntly ambiguous and confrontational, Kruger's unmistakable work evokes an urgent desire to examine and get real about the complexity of human experience in the face of reductive politics and consumer culture. She is best known for images that play with the visual language of advertising: Signature red or white banners of text stamped on black-and-white photographs blast viewers with statements like "Your body is a battleground" (over the face of a woman) or "I shop therefore I am" (in a red square held like a credit card in a large hand). These and many other equally provoking works--including her early explorations pairing photographs and text, humorous sculptures, and full-room installations--make up the first comprehensive retrospective of Kruger's work, which opened last October in Los Angeles's Museum of Contemporary Art and will travel to the Whitney in New York later this summer....

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The massive retrospective of Kruger's work was well documented with the catalogue and was organized by Ann Goldstein. Steven Heller contributed an essay "Barbara Kruger, Graphic Designer?" in which he traced the legacy of graphic design through Russian Avant Garde, Constructivism, Futurism, Dada, new typography and Fluxus. The Sackners saw this exhibition at the L.A. MoCA. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Several books in this exhibition are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Abridged catalog written by Gunter Metken. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a detail reproduction of a collage executed in 1984. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Poesie de mots inconnus by Iliazd, held by the Sackner Archive, is listed as an offering with a detailed description. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Barbara Kruger's sets of matches are printed in black & white with messages as follows: "you are an experiment in TERROR, Your comfort is my silence, Surveillance is your busywork, We have received orders not to move, Your manias become science, Charisma is the perfume of your gods, and You construct intricate rictuals which allow you to touch the skin of other men." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue featured books and magazines printed with rubber stampings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The covers and pages of this catalogue were designed by Ian Murray. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In Europe, Toronto, the Hamptons and at the coming Whitney branch, Barbara Kruger offers a more global, refective verbal attack. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The members of Group Material consisted of Tim Rollins, Julie Ault and Doug Ashford. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.