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The Golden Age, 1982

 Item — Box: 138
Identifier: CC-15914-16247

Scope and Contents

This work consists mostly of feminist material. According to her web site, Barbara Drucker received her MFA from UCLA, where she is currently the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of the Arts and Architecture and Professor of Painting and Drawing in the Department of Art. From 1996 - 2001 she was the founder/director of The Living Room, an alternative exhibition space in Santa Monica, California. Drucker's art practice includes painting, mixed media installation, sculpture, photography and video. It has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as the Mazzocchi Gallery, Parma, Italy; Academy of Fine Arts, Brescia, Italy; Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria; Kennedy Gallery, Athens, Greece; Bouzianis Gallery, Athens, Greece; Center for Book Arts, New York; and Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA. Her work is also 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 a recipient of the prestigious Howard Foundation Award for Contemporary Art, Brown University, Providence, RI. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1982

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 book object) : 1 hard cover book + pages (collaged, cut, handwritten additions, photographs b&w, nails, hair, paint) (32 pages) ; 17.8 x 16.5 x 4.5 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

shelf second bedroom alcove

Custodial History

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

Materials Specific Details

Published: Los Angeles, California : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: BD 10/18/82 (l.r.- inside back cover). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: About 1 total copy.

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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