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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 277 Collections and/or Records:

An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Letterist Painting As Exemplified in the Oeuvre of Maurice Lemaitre, 1976

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Identifier: CC-13256-13557
Scope and Contents

The paper in this book was presented at the first International Symposium on Letterism. Mentions that James Joyce was Isou's earliest inspiration. This book is stored in a Lemaitre box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Apophatic Art, 1966

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-09702-9895
Scope and Contents

The number 9 is substituted for all the letters "n" of the words in this text. Curt Cloninger in his Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts thesis wrote about (Maine College of Arts 2008) "Apophatic Art: Enacting Exhaustive Language / Exhausting Enacted Language." He defined Apophatic Writiing: Apophatic writing in the Christian tradition is a way of talking about God that seeks to properly revere him by not overly delimiting him. "Apophasis' is negation and "kataphasis' is affirmation. Since God is beyond all we can affirm about him, in order to more accurately describe him, we must balance our affirmations with reverent negations. Theologian Bruce Ellis Benson (2002) explains, "One affirms something but denies it, because to affirm it too strongly would be heretical and to deny it completely would also be heretical." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Apparatus, 1981

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Identifier: CC-17235-17593
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Every Revolution Is a throw of the Dice by Daniele Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub describes the process of making "A Throw of the Dice..." by Mallarme into a film. Cha had a short life (1951-1982). She was murdered months after her marriage by a security guard in the Tuck Building NYC. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Arranged Marriage, 1999

 Item — Box 339: [Barcode: 31858072491248]
Identifier: CC-33705-35367
Scope and Contents

This is catalogue conceptualizing the marriage of Wallace Berman and Robert Watts, including a printed wedding invitation, illustrations from Semina by Berman, a reproduction on a typed letter from Berman to David Meltzer, correspondence art by Watts and a reproduction of a dollar bill by Watts. The book was designed by Jerry Lekky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Art As a Muscular Principle: 10 Artists and San Francisco 1950-1965, 1975

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Identifier: CC-24862-25315
Scope and Contents

The cover photo is Wallace Berman's Portrait of Jay De Feo. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Artists' Books, Kunstlerbucher Buchobjekte, 1986

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Identifier: CC-10086-10287
Scope and Contents

Contains statement by the artists on the definition of an Artist Book. This catalogue provides documentation of the artist's activities often accompanied by photographic reproductions. The quirky binding of this book, which in itself might be classified as an artist's book, make access to the pages difficult and time-consuming and therefore not a easily readable reference text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Aus Wortern eine Welt, 1981

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Identifier: CC-33454-35096
Scope and Contents

The book comprises poems, stories, and texts dedicated to Heissenbuttel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Autologia: Poemas escolhidos 1951 - 1982, 1983

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Identifier: CC-38459-40365
Scope and Contents

Fernando Segolin contributed a long introductory essay about de Melo e Castro's poems. The first concrete poems in Portugal appeared in 1962 in a book entitled "Ideogramas." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Avant-testo , 2002

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Identifier: CC-46936-49673
Scope and Contents This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition of Irma Balnk at the Galleria Spaziotemperaneo di Milano in November 2002. In his essay Gillo Dorfles describes Irma Blank's techniques for the blue paintings. "Indeed the artist uses both hands to fill with signs the vast canvases and the series of polyester sheets, all realized with a wholly manual, or rather 'corporal' technique. In fact, holding a bunch of ball-point pens in each hand, and giving each of these a synchronous rotary movement from the edge towards the centre, in close correspondence with her respiration and heartbeats, she impresses on the surface of the canvas, of polyester sheet, skeins of bright, stratified colours that - as the writing proceeds - thicken until they cover the whole surface of the painting, while maintaining imperceptible openings between one line and another: this is, in a sense, the breathing (the einatmen, or inhalation, and ausatmen, or exhalation) of the colour." -- Source of...
Dates: 2002

B Intervento: Capitolo Secondo, 1977

 Item — Box 339: [Barcode: 31858072491248]
Identifier: CC-21457-21868
Scope and Contents

Text by Stelio Rescio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Balanco Da Bossa e Outras Bossas, 1978

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Identifier: CC-14886-15199
Scope and Contents

Theme is bossa nova and contemporary music of Brazil. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Baptismal Corruption in the Sunflower Patch, 1969

 Item — Box 350: [Barcode: 31858072490869]
Identifier: CC-48103-69126
Scope and Contents

Thorne designed the cover and did the illustrations for this book. Don Cauble provided an introduction to the poems. The book was printed by Wally Depew. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Belgium Fluxus, 1999

 Item — Box 307: [Barcode: 31858073143616]
Identifier: CC-39895-41862
Scope and Contents

The concept and design were done by Picasso Gaglione and the text by John Held Jr. The latter wrote, "The three rubberstamps in this boxed set are an ongoing tribute to the influence of Fluxus and its spirit of collaboration among international cultural workers." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Bilocations, 1985

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Identifier: CC-15363-15687
Scope and Contents

The bookbinding is unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Storia: Mostra nazionale d'arte futurista (Catalogo): Aeropittura Arte Sacra Pittura Scultura Futuriste. No.5, 1984

 Item — Box 334: [Barcode: 31858072491032]
Identifier: CC-22201-22623
Scope and Contents

Edited by Luciano Caruso and Sonia Puccetti. This is a reprint of a magazine published in 1932. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Storia: Poesie futuriste. No.12 , 1990

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Identifier: CC-22646-23077
Scope and Contents

This book was edited by Anna Maria Saludes. Series edited by Luciano Caruso and Sonia Puccetti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Cahiers George Perec, 1985

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Identifier: CC-32010-33541
Scope and Contents

This book consists of essays on Perec and his work, e.g., Perec and Judaism, sexual aspects to his work, utopian ideas, etc. It also includes annotations and analysis of Perec's book, "Life: A User's Manual," photographic reproductions of manuscript pages, and notes for Perec's books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985