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Aphorism

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 343 Collections and/or Records:

At Home & in the World / Reichek, Elaine., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-42452-44462
Scope and Contents

Lynne Cooke contributes an in depth introductory essay, "Elaine Reichek: Memos for the New Millennium." Reichek has also written a personal review of her work and philosophy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Basic Lights, 1994

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Identifier: CC-09783-9977
Scope and Contents

Each cigarette is printed with the statement "I swear this is absolutely the last cigarette I will ever smoke." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Beautiful Scenes: Selections from the Cranbrook Archives / Spector, Buzz., 1998

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Identifier: CC-32579-34160
Scope and Contents

The installation and catalogue were a result of Spector's visit to Cranbrook Academy and his study of their archives. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Birdsong / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Bevis J., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35351-37085
Scope and Contents

Each card is printed on different colored stock with the same aphorism, All art constantly aspires towards the condition of birdsong (recto) in a variety of colours (verso). This is a quote from John Bevis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Book Is Not a Book Is Not a Book, A / Kostelanetz R ; Carrion U ; Spector B ; Drucker J ; Bleus G ; Higgins D ; Mallarme S ; Quasha G ; Phillpot C ; Wilson M ; Lyons J ; Princenthal N ; Smith K ; Hoffberg J ; Huebler D ; Corris M ; Douglas H ; Stokes T ; Freeman B ; General Idea ; Gerlovin V ; Gerlovina R ; Hompson DD ; Knowles A ; Lacy S ; Lehrer W ; Lyons J ; McCarney S ; Meador C ; Nannucci M ; Petasz P ; Porter B ; Rollins T+KOS ; Sligh C ; Spiegelman A ; Spoerri D ; Zimmerman P ; Zweig J., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-32810-34423
Scope and Contents

This exhibition presents works from the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection as well as books made by students, staff and faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The catalogue contains three essays on artists' books and the exhibition titled "Twenty-six (plus ten) Years Later: Nothing Left But Gas?" by AnneDorothee Boehme, "Artists' Books: Forever Young, Still Emerging and Not Yet Defined" by Christine E. Humpl, and "Value, the Book and the Artists' Book: A Re-evaluation of Cultural Meaning" by Melissa Azzi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Carl Andre & R. Serra / Art Base., 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-46883-49619
Scope and Contents

This lists rare items by Andre and Serra from the 1960's and 1970's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Caution: Global Warning, 1997

 Item — Box 179: [Barcode: 31858072459492]
Identifier: CC-27942-29087
Scope and Contents

The complete text reads, "There is no AVANT-GARDE only those who have been left behind." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Chi sei? / Gabriele-Aldo Bertozzi; Francois Proia., 1997

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Identifier: CC-41230-43213
Scope and Contents

The aphorisms were coined by Bertozzi and the graphics by Proia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Chi sei? / Gabriele-Aldo Bertozzi; Francois Proia., 1997

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Identifier: CC-41230-43213
Scope and Contents

The aphorisms were coined by Bertozzi and the graphics by Proia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997