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Neo-Dada

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 124 Collections and/or Records:

Framing the Narrative, 2000

 Item — Box 331: [Barcode: 31858072490976]
Identifier: CC-36500-38298
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a man hanging a framed picture of an English and made-up (or a dialect) text from a book. This work is also designated Content Vol.1 No.1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

[Heart Sculpture], 1997

 Item — Box 205: [Barcode: 31858072460110]
Identifier: CC-28760-30067
Scope and Contents

Mike Dyar writes on his note that "this was a collaboration between Ray Johnson & myself. He sent me this as a drawing & asked me to sculpt & cast it in plaster." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Hystorian, 1992

 Item — Box 96: [Barcode: 31858072538113]
Identifier: CC-08288-8451
Scope and Contents

The title is a pun on "his;" feminine form; truth elusive. Clio, the muse of history, is the shadow-like figure in the collages. The book containing the collages is supported on the hanger structure. This work was exhibited at the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, January 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

In the Studio, 1997

 Item — Box 209: [Barcode: 31858072460169]
Identifier: CC-30037-31431
Scope and Contents

This is an assortment of works that Collins used in her contributions to mail art periodicals and projects. A fair amount of the work deals with contradictions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

IOU, 1995

 Item — Box 268: [Barcode: 31858072460599]
Identifier: CC-01683-1719
Scope and Contents

The letters IOU are engraved and colored with gold leaf on the polished surface of a jagged piece of granite. The edition size is unlimited. The IOU refers to art objects that were paid for and not delivered at the time to the Sackner Archive. These were subsequently delivered. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

It's In the Box, 1997

 Item — Box 209: [Barcode: 31858072460169]
Identifier: CC-28564-29850
Scope and Contents

The box includes representative booklets, cards, and objects made by Collins, some for other mail art publications. A neck tie has a sewn label, Christian Boltanski (rather than Christian Dior). An accompanying typed pamphlet lists the publication where these works appeared along with the tirage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

L'artiste et le modele, 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-36079-37856
Scope and Contents

The paintings are large abstract colored strokes on the fragments of yellow pages from the telephone directory. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Lego 50-15, 2010

 Item — Box 331: [Barcode: 31858072490976]
Identifier: CC-51547-72645
Scope and Contents

Beaulieu invited 15 artists and poets to modify the original patent for Lego toys artistically or poetically and assembled the results into this piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Mail 4 F.U.N., 2002

 Item — Box 326: [Barcode: 31858073143574]
Identifier: CC-47025-49763
Scope and Contents

Described as "A mail art kit of the Funtastic United Nations" with texts coordinated by Vittore Baroni. This project was "conceived to create a bridge between the most different creative geographical entities and to stimulate cooperation amongst all kinds of imaginary contries and worlds." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Maquette for Poster: la ligne sculpture dans la ville d'Herouville , 2000

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-53613-291340
Scope and Contents

This is a drawing for a poster. It was given to the Sackners during his stay in their apartment for his performance during the celebration of an exhibition entitled, "Tour de France/Florida" held at the Frost Museum in Miami in January 2012. Several works made by Hubaut were lent to the exhibition by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000