Political poetry

This wall piece consists of the word POLITICS, made of wooden letters, placed at the top of a surface of chaotic, fragmented, interlocked, wooden letter shapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / Oversized

Portrait of Mr. Charlie Inflation, 1975

Item — Folder 31: [Barcode: 31858072459906]

Identifier: CC-19783-20170

Dates: 1975

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Henri Chopin

Premio Figari 2005 (Edited by Patricia Bentancur), 2006

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Identifier: CC-51664-72764

Scope and Contents

Includes a reprint of Ovum 10 No.2, 1970, an issue held in the original by the Sackner Archive. Several of Padin's Signografias and Textos that are reproduced in this book are held by the Sackner Archive as the original drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Project for a Monument to Ludwig Feuerbach / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1986

Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]

Identifier: CC-58280-10001513

Scope and Contents

The slogan relates to Finlay's dispute with the local tax collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Ian Hamilton Finlay

Purple Heart Valentine's Greetings, 2005

Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490877]

Identifier: CC-43521-45594

Scope and Contents

This is Baker's annual Valentine's gift to the Sackner Archive. It is shaped like a heart, trimmed with gold braid and stitched with 3 gold hearts, ribbon and a metal; a horizontal band across had gray stitched calligraphic markings. The text on the folded sheet reads, "A distinguished medal for those brave persons who have fought and were wounded in wars, tsunamis and elections this past year." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / CORRESPONDENCE

Racial Confusion, 1996

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Identifier: CC-28165-29328

Scope and Contents

Racial names, one printed to the page in different font dimensions, from "European" to "Human," with every racial variant including slur names comprise this booklet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS / SMALL BOOKS

Reap The Sac Faction, 1985

Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]

Identifier: CC-11920-12143

Scope and Contents

The message deals with enlisting help for Finlay's despute with the local tax collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed)

Redbook: A Book of Hours, 1992

Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]

Identifier: CC-34619-36320

Scope and Contents

This book lists women's names in alphabetical order according to day and time on a daily basis over a year to symbolize the average annual estimate of reported forcible rapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS / Miranda Maher

Rent Free in the East Village, 1985

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Identifier: CC-39631-41590

Dates: 1985

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS

Revolutionary Poets Brigade Volume 1, 2010

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Identifier: CC-51746-72846

Dates: 2010

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

Rodney King, 1992

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Identifier: CC-29695-291307

Scope and Contents

The main caption of this anti-police state drawing, printed in large blue, eraser stamped letters reads, "Rodney King Resists Arrest." The latter refers to the unwarranted police beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles, who did not resist arrest, that was taken unbeknownst to the police on video and aired to the American public. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / Oversized

S.A.C./A.C.G.B./K.G.B., 1978

Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]

Identifier: CC-12415-12642

Scope and Contents

The acronym signifies Arts Council of Great Britain, Scottish Arts Council, and the K.G.B. (Russian secret police). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978