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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Texto Letras Imagenes, Exposicion / Gomringer E ; Dohl R ; Bremer C ; Burkhardt K ; Cremer S ; Kirchberger GC ; Kriwet F ; Mayer HJ ; Mon F ; Schmidt W., 1967

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Identifier: CC-13970-14275
Scope and Contents

Several poems displayed in this exhibition were taken from limited edition portfolios of concrete poetry published by Hansjorg Mayer; all of these portfolios are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Textschild / Kriwet, Ferdinand., 1967

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Identifier: CC-07814-7967
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Circular text reads YEAHONEYOUTHTHORNYOUNG. Damaged corners and tear on front left. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Tre kvaller Med Text-Ljud-Kompositioner / Fylkingen ; Sveriges Radio ; Kriwet F ; Cobbing B ; Dufrene F ; Hanson S ; Heidsieck B ; Hodell A ; Jandl E ; Johnson BE ; Klintberg B., 1969

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Identifier: CC-10948-11160
Scope and Contents

The covers of this brochure depict mandalas by Kriwet. A reproduction of the piece, "Group H" is signed by Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Unsitten / Kriwet, Ferdinand., 1961

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Identifier: CC-37755-39633
Scope and Contents

The letters of this circular concrete poem were rubberstamped and then filled in with black ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961

Untitled Illustrations / Kriwet, Ferdinand., 1976

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Identifier: CC-62076-57195
Scope and Contents

Might be titled Geld wortwörtlich dargestellt, Mappe mit 6 Original-Grafiken: 1. "EXIM", 2. "PLUS", 3. "Weltwaehrung", 4. "Transfer", 5. "Pay" und 6. "Roll Over", Baldreit WEB 2010 priced it at $665. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Untitled / Kriwet, Ferdinand., 1964

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Identifier: CC-62067-57173
Scope and Contents

Water damage on base with pin holes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Walk Talk / Ferdinand Kriwet., 1975

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Identifier: CC-08129-8290
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This floor covering that covered part of Kriwet's hallway was a gift to Ruth and Marvin Sackner when they visited Kriwet in his castle outside of Saabrucken, West Germany in 1984. The Sackners were participating in a video production in Saarbrucken produced by Klaus Peter Dencker for German television at the time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Worter / Kriwet, Ferdinand., 1969

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Identifier: CC-33439-35080
Scope and Contents

This print appears to have been made from a collage of red, blue, and green colored fragments of rotor poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Yester'n' Today / Kriwet, Ferdinand ; Apollinaire G ; Mallarme S ; Mon F ; Schwitters K ; Nauman B ; Joyce J ; Fahlstrom O ; Gomringer E ; Ulrichs T ; Wolf R ; Schulz CB ; Celan P ; Brock B ; Uecker G., 2011

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Identifier: CC-52513-73641
Scope and Contents

This catalogue depicts copious illustratIons of his works througout his lifetime. It is mentioned that Kriwet wrote his first book, "Rotor," in 1961 as a continuous text without capital letters, stops and commas at age 19 years. This book is analyed on pages 53-55 by Christoph Benjamin Schulz. A 1981 solo exhibition was the last one for 23 years until 2004 when rgw BQ gallery in Cologne showed old and recent works. And until 2011 when the Kunsthalle Dusseldorf held this retrospective. Pages 57-103 depict examples of Kriwet's typewritten poetry beginning at age 14 years with convention poetry and progresssing to concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011