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Correspondence / Drucker, Barbara., 1988

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Identifier: CC-15915-16248

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Scope and Contents

Mentions purchase of "book of nails" by Marvin Sackner. The artist's notes and correspondence are typed and printed as photonegatives. The pages are not numbered. Internet: Drucker's work, which includes sculptural objects, installations, photography, video, painting, and artists' books, has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as the Mazzocchi Gallery, Parma, Italy; Libera Academia di Belle Arti, Brescia, Italy; Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria; Kennedy Gallery, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece; Bouzianis Gallery, Athens, Greece; Art Centre of Hasselt, Belgium; Gallery SIDAC, Leiden, Holland; Biblioteca Rionale Affori, Milan, Italy; Center for Book Arts, New York; 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica; Space Gallery, Los Angeles; Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica; Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles; Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN; Rutgers University Gallery, Camden, New Jersey; Gallery 10, Washington, D.C.; and Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York. Her work is included in numerous public collections such as the Smithsonian Archives of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.; the Sackner Collection of Concrete Poetry and Artists' Books, Miami, Florida; UCLA Special Collections/Artists' Books; the Museum of Greek Folk Art, Film Archives, Athens, Greece; and the Museum of Greek Popular Instruments Center of Ethnomusicology, Athens, Greece. Drucker is currently a Professor of Art in the Department of Art at UCLA, which she chaired from 2000-06. She was the founder/director of The Living Room, an alternative exhibition space in Santa Monica for 5 years (1996-2001). Drucker is a recipient of the prestigious George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship in Visual Art, Brown University, Providence, RI. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1988

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (6 sheets (photonegatives) in cover (galvanized iron, rivets) + wrapping (felt) + 2 folders (plastic)) ; sheets 36 x 28 cm, in cover 38 x 33 x 1 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf second bedroom alcove

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Los Angeles, California : Barbara Drucker. Nationality of creator: American. General: About 8 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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