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Calligraphic text

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 413 Collections and/or Records:

turnings xmas69 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-53338-59714
Scope and Contents

Houedard wrote this poem with his typical printed letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Two Cents, 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-24115-24567
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Amy Capellazzo and featured works on paper by Basquiat and poems in homage to these works by Kevin Young. The latter visited the Archive during the exhibition and inscribed this catalogue. The stapled pages provided by the gallery summarize Young's contribution to the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Under Separate Cover, 2003

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-41132-43113
Scope and Contents

Eter Panji runs the Visual World Poetry press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

[Untitled], 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-28541-29823
Scope and Contents

A portion of the inked Syriaque letters are overpainted in white that either obliterates some letters or covers them in a veil of paint. In addition, fine red lines are painted across the entire surface in patterns of triangles, horizontal lines or parallel arcs. This work has a freer sensibility than earlier drawings by Moreau held in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Useless, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-27237-27729
Scope and Contents

The title is written several times in difficult to read calligraphy but one that gives an impression of an abstract drawing -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Viaggio infinitivo, 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-06667-6786
Scope and Contents

The theme of these drawings is Miglietta's artistic conception of a progression of fractal spaces that has been executed in his typical micrographic style using red and blue inks. The drawings were matted and shown at the Sackner Archive during Art Basel Miami December 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Vision del Particolare, 1982 - 1983

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31858072459393]
Identifier: CC-27037-27511
Scope and Contents

This work is based upon "Ubu Roi" by Alfred Jarry; Accame (1932-1999) was the first to translate Jarry's works into Italian. The Sackners first saw this work when they attended the exhibition "Jarry E La Patafisica" held in Milan in 1983. They purchased the work through Ugo Carrega during the exhibition. Accame was one of the co-curators of the Jarry exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982 - 1983

Visual Poem , 1996

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-60282-10003283
Scope and Contents

This work was included in pete spence's archive. This "visual poem" as designated by Babenko consists solely of language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Vocabulaire: Breathe, 1989

 Item — Folder 46: [Barcode: 31858072460052]
Identifier: CC-14568-14879
Scope and Contents

Depicts image of lungs with phrase, "breathe in and breathe out" in red and green, respectively, corresponding to the red color that de Charmoy used for the pulmonary parenchyma and the green color for the airways. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Wasteland, 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-44011-46124
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was curated by the Brazilian Sergio Bessa (b.1951) who serves as the Director of the Bronx Museum in NYC. A biography of Bessa appears on David Daniels' Gates of Paradise web site. For this exhibition, Kay Rosen contributed four pages of language poetry and Vic Muniz three pages entitled "Study for Neon." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995