Calligraphic text
Found in 3001 Collections and/or Records:
Amtrak Trek / Torregian, Sotere ; Joans T ; Hornick L., 1979
Amulet / Marcello Diotallevi., 2002
The organically shaped object is painted pink, orange, green and yellow. The Greek word for amulet is written vertically on a flat, pink surface. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
An 18th Century Line on a Watering-Can / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1992
The line (sentence) on the inside of the unfolded card reads, "The mute dispenser of the vernal shower." Vernal means youth or pertaining to spring and "vernal shower." It was utilized in a poem by Thomas Gray (British, 1771-1771) as "Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,The bee's collected treasures sweet, Sweet music's melting full, but sweeter yet. The still small voice of gratitude." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
(an anagram) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968
An Ancient Aztec Song Regarding Painters / Genis, Gina., 1994
The text is an ancient Aztec song describing the Tlacuilos painters. Printed in letterpress on Mexican bark paper, the illustrations are from the codex Borgia. Dedicated to Genis' father, an Aztec artist, who died in 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
An. C. S Snake / Puhringer, W.M.., 1989
This drawing is a combination of a preparatory drawing for a constructivist sculpture rendered in graphite and colored pencil framed by a dense calligraphic script that was done by automatic writing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[An Idioecholect] / Cole, David., 1994
The artist created this tropical landscape drawing as a thank you message after visiting the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
An Oil Painting By Hornel Dated / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Bailey, Keith., 1976
Deals with an oil painting by Hornel dated 1918 being shown in the Demarco Gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
ANA ART / Oberto, Martino., 1975
ANA L / Oberto, Martino., 1975
Anagrafia, 1968
Consists of a partially legible phrase printed vertically across the poster. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
ANAGRAMMA / Danon, Betty., 1975 - 1985
Taken from pete spence's Archive 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Analetter Anarchia Linguistic for a Measure of Language, 1965
Poster includes written Italian words and words using a made-up language typical of Oberto's style of presentations. Oberto ("OM") [1925-2011] was a visual poet, asemic writer, anarchist, anartist, founder of the seminal vispo mag "Ana etcetera" (1958-70). He exhibited in solo and collective shows (with Munari, Dorfles, Fontana and many others) from the 50s up to 2011. He also made experimental movies, and wrote philosophical essays about writing & art. He lived in New York for a decade or so, then came back to Genoa in the 90s. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Anaphora & Glagolista / Tolstov, Vladimir., 1996
Taken from the Archive of O!!Zone 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Anascrittura / Oberto, Martino (OM)., 1979
Anatomy / Babenko, Dmitry., 2005
The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Ancient Breathing / Lewty, Simon., 1991
Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The images read from bottom to top, move from earth to air, and then back again as a metaphor for breathing. A landscape signifies breathing of earth and a mandrake root "screams" when pulled fro the earth. A balloon man adapted from a Chinese Taoist illiustration of psychic breathing, hovers over the sea in a place where air is "worth breathing." The scroll contains automatic writing done as Lewty focused on the rhythm of his own breathing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[And Blood Poured Down] / Copithorne, Judith., 1987
And Even As She Fled (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Nash, John R.., 1987
This poem on Apollo and Daphne is adapted from Greek mythology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
And Even As She Fled (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Nash, John R.., 1987
This poem dealing with Apollo and Daphne has been modified by Finlay to signify that Apollo is the revolutionary and Daphne the French republic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Also listed as "Ovid: Metamorphoses Book I, Fable XII."