Visual poetry

[Humument Page 20: Six Variations] , 1986

Item — Folder 76: [Barcode: 31858072538352]

Identifier: CC-46300-49022

Scope and Contents

The print depicts deconstructed images all involving women. The texts read from image on left to right and top to bottom, "(1) a course in Sussex; (2) a photograph of a curious muse; (3) constant to the subject - the subject extended - he talked and his range came - pursuing the subject; (4) fair sex in various capitals - the politics show; (5) came across a picture of flesh; and circles - The Art revelation; (6) her, smiling her last. - they were Europe." -- 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

I Forgot My Flesh over the Slicer Machine, 1984

Item — Folder 41: [Barcode: 31858072460003]

Identifier: CC-23531-23976

Dates: 1984

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

I. Score: Impossible Score, 1989

Item — Box 341: [Barcode: 31858072491263]

Identifier: CC-23870-24318

Dates: 1989

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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

[I was Thinking about Oxmail], 1987

Item — Box 341: [Barcode: 31858072491263]

Identifier: CC-23890-24338

Dates: 1987

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

ideas of god, 2008

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Identifier: CC-48340-69365

Scope and Contents Catherine Foc exhibition review at MOCA GA: Over the course of her long, fecund career, Ruth Laxson has honed a unique language rooted in her fascination with forms of communication. Letters, words, hieroglyphics, mathematical symbols, equations, Braille, computer acronyms, typefaces, handwriting, pictures: the Atlanta artist uses these elements as abstract shapes, allusive imagery "” and content. Text is as important as image, be it straightforward sentences and phrases or wordplay: the puns, anagrams and lists through which she gets at more elusive meanings than linear language allows.The parameters of her subject matter and worldview are, you might say, microcosmic.* Laxson's take on enduring themes "” love, sex, power and their manifestation in relationships, feminism, war, politics and philosophy "” all are nested in perception of matter, space and time shaped by the teachings of Georgia Tech physics professor David Finkelstein and her own ruminations about God. Her works are...

Dates: 2008

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)

il bacio / poesia visiva, 1969

Item — Box 611: [Barcode: 31858072460854]

Identifier: CC-52622-73758

Scope and Contents

The poem features a music score by Robert Schumann with a couple kissing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

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 POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Luciano Ori

Il Contesto, 1980

Item — Folder 2: [Barcode: 31858072459401]

Identifier: CC-13058-13353

Scope and Contents

Consists of a small drawing (u.l.) mapping "il luogo dell'espeimento," an empty graph (l.l.), and 4 circles tracing mente, logica and mito (r.). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

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

Il Pino di Napoli , 1989

Item — Folder 55: [Barcode: 31858072537891]

Identifier: CC-21569-21980

Dates: 1989

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

Il Quotidiano Cancellato, 1982

Item — Box 611: [Barcode: 31858072460854]

Identifier: CC-52625-73761

Dates: 1982

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 POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Luciano Ori

il silenzio scritto, 1993

Item — Box 340: [Barcode: 31858072491255]

Identifier: CC-28892-30217

Scope and Contents

The book is also designated as collana di poesie e prosa new series 29. The illustrations were done by Kiki Francheschi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

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

Il Teatro Della Parola, 2011

Item

Identifier: CC-52760-73897

Scope and Contents

The exhibition by Lora-Totino consisted of 48 works, one depicted on each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

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 POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Arrigo Lora-Totino

Imaggio a Miccini , 2010

Item — Box 327: [Barcode: 31858072490943]

Identifier: CC-51882-72983

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) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

Imaginando la Poetica: Poesia Visual / Aguiar, Fernando., 2010

Item

Identifier: CC-51300-72389

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 / SMALL BOOKS / ARTIST CARD SETS

(Im)modest Piece, 1990

Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]

Identifier: CC-22493-22918

Dates: 1990

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 POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Individuelle Alfabete, 1995

Item

Identifier: CC-27080-27554

Scope and Contents

Cover was designed by Rea Nikonova. Includes an introduction by Andryczuk and an essay by Pierre Garnier on constructivistic poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

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)

Industrial Woman, 1986

Item

Identifier: CC-15720-16049

Scope and Contents

The prints with the same title are also held by the Sackner Archive. This book describes the inequities of women working in Australia. The book is documented with photographs and the photographs are also embellished with red lettering on the photograph. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986