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Artist book (mass produced)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 242 Collections and/or Records:

The Body Decides / Walther, Franz Erhard., 2014

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Identifier: CC-60893-10003753
Scope and Contents This book accompamied the exhibition of the same title, "one of the largest retrospectives to date of this pioneering German artist (b. 1939 Fulda, where he lives and works), whose work straddles Minimalist sculpture, Conceptual Art, abstract painting and Performance Art. Taking its title from a line in one of the artist's own drawings, and emphasising the participation and process at the heart of his practice, the exhibition at WIELS brings together key pieces from the late 1950s and early 1960s, the artist's seminal First Work Set made from 1963 to 1969, as well as hundreds of sculptural elements, drawings and photographs that span the length of Walther's more than half-century long career." "Walther first developed his sewn, padded, pleated and pocketed fabric objects while in art school in the early 1960s. It was then that he conceived of an art inseparable from the actions that can activate it and the participatory activities it provokes. He hardly had a name for what he was...
Dates: 2014

The Class of '47 (reprint) / Creeley, Robert ; Brainard, Joe., 2007

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Identifier: CC-46381-49106
Scope and Contents

This is a reprint of a limited edition artist book published in 1973 that was distributed on the occasion of an exhibition of Joe Brainard's artwork. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

The English Book / Hocks, Paula., 1984

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Identifier: CC-45810-48020
Scope and Contents

This copy is from the signed edition of 250 copies that included handcolored additions to several pages. The book deals with Hock's impression of London and Oxford during a stay in 1983-1984. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

The History Book 2nd Edition / Rydberg, Pal ; Jonsson, Gittan ; Elmquist, Annika ; Langemar, Ann Mari ; Carol Baum Schmorleitz, translator., 1976

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Identifier: CC-40995-42974
Scope and Contents

This book was first published in Sweden and was translated from the Danish edition. It is a graphic approach to the subjugation of Africans and the dominance of capitalism as seen from the far left over the past 500 years. The polemics carry over to the Vietnam war and the Cuban revolution under Castro. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

The Journal is the Destination; the Journals of Dan Eldon / Eldon, Kathy, editor., 1997

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Identifier: CC-31111-32577
Scope and Contents

The editor was the mother of Dan Eldon, a Reuters photographer, who was stoned to death in Somalia in 1993 by a mob reacting to a UN bombing raid on the suspected headquarters of their military leader. She writes an exceptional. poignant biography. The visual/verbal content of Dan Eldon's diaries document his short, full life. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Postcard Century: 2000 Cards and Their Messages / Phillips, Tom ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; Gilbert & George., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35053-36778
Scope and Contents The Postcard Century tells the story of the last hundred years in its own words and images. Two thousand picture postcards and their messages provide a living account of the daily existence of people and a vivid glimpse of what mattered to them, pleased them, shocked or amused them via the cards they chose to send. Tom Phillips provides a commentary on the visual material, giving a perceptive and thoughtful context for the messages. This book gives a unique glimpse into the hearts and minds of the people who lived through the most turbulent century in our history. Phillips' introduces this book with a history and account of postcards and postcard collecting. Phillips indicates in the introduction that the book is arranged such that each annual section features a view of Picadilly Circus and another of the New York skyline, all posted in the that year. This choice relates to one of his artistic parallel streams of creativity, images changed by the passage of time. Further, this...
Dates: 2000

The Postcard Century: 2000 Cards and Their Messages / Phillips, Tom ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; Gilbert & George., 2000

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Identifier: CC-36386-38177
Scope and Contents The Postcard Century tells the story of the last hundred years in its own words and images. Two thousand picture postcards and their messages provide a living account of the daily existence of people and a vivid glimpse of what mattered to them, pleased them, shocked or amused them via the cards they chose to send. Tom Phillips provides a commentary on the visual material, giving a perceptive and thoughtful context for the messages. This book gives a unique glimpse into the hearts and minds of the people who lived through the most turbulent century in our history. Phillips' introduces this book with a history and account of postcards and postcard collecting. Phillips indicates in the introduction that the book is arranged such that each annual section features a view of Picadilly Circus and another of the New York skyline, all posted in the that year. This choice relates to one of his artistic parallel streams of creativity, images changed by the passage of time. Further, this...
Dates: 2000

The Tattooed Map / Hodgson, Barbara., 1995

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Identifier: CC-09875-10071
Scope and Contents This book depicts a facsimile of the protagonist's journal and mysterious disappearance complete with photographs, maps, found scraps of paper, notations on an outer column of the page with the offset diary on an inner column.Amazon.com review: "At one time, Lydia and Christopher were lovers as well as travel companions; now they are merely fellow travelers. While on a trip to Morocco, Lydia notices a small mark on her hand which begins to grow and spread in thin, tattooed lines that only she can see. Eventually, the marks reveal themselves to be a detailed map of an unknown land, and Lydia begins to understand that these marks, invisible to all but herself and a mysterious Moroccan man named Layesh, will lead her on a strange and perilous journey. The Tattooed Map is Lydia's journal of the days and weeks leading up to her disappearance. Each page contains her daily experiences--her growing shock and fear as the map unfolds itself, her deteriorating relationship with Christopher,...
Dates: 1995

The Voyage, 1975

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Identifier: CC-00352-360
Scope and Contents

Williams wrote this poem using only three letter words which gradually become smaller as the voyage progresses by fliping the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

TOTalJOYS 1971-1975 / Tot, Endre., 1976

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Identifier: CC-42182-44186
Scope and Contents

Each page consists of two photographs that are a visual expression of the caption. Most include the facial portrait of Tot. As examples, captions state, "I am glad if I can xerox" and the photograph depicts a xeroxed page that states, "I am glad if I can xerox," while another caption states, "I am glad if I can telegraph," and the photograph depicts a telegram that reads, "I am glad if I can telegraph." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

TOTalJOYS 1971-1975 / Tot, Endre., 1976

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Identifier: CC-34213-35900
Scope and Contents

Each page consists of two photographs that are a visual expression of the caption. Most include the facial portrait of Tot. As examples, captions state, "I am glad if I can xerox" and the photograph depicts a xeroxed page that states, "I am glad if I can xerox," while another caption states, "I am glad if I can telegraph," and the photograph depicts a telegram that reads, "I am glad if I can telegraph." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976