Scope and Contents This archive, from the collection of Jan van der Marck (1929-2010), who curated it, essentially duplicates the pamphlet that accompanied the limited edition box of the same title. It includes four announcement cards from Language I, II, III & IV exhibitions at the the Dwan Gallery 1967-1970 with artists that might have received his invitation to contribute to the "Pictures..." or "...Telephone exhibitions. The former is not included in the pamphlet catalogue nor is the invitation letter included in the Archive. Other missing elements from the Archive that are depicted in the pamphlet include correspondence from Al Howard & a found advertisement on bottle caps. Bauermeister writes a long rambling letter with her thoughts on her contribution according to van Marck's dictum, viz., an object with no intrinsic value that can be picked up in a dimestore, found on a beach or manufactured with little trouble - expressive of your likes & ideas, an element recurrent in your work...

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This duplicates the correspondence for the exhibition archive and includes letters and cards by Arakawa, George Brecht, Tenny Duchamp, Ovind Fahlstrom, Ray Johnson, Allan Kaprow, Alison Knowles, Ron Kitaj, Gianni Simonetti, and Wolf Vostell. There are drawings by Baruchello, Mary Bauermeister, George Brecht, and James Nutt, and a collage by Granni Simonetti that deals with plans for assembling the found objects to be placed in a plexiglas box by museum personnel. The box is also accompanied by the catalogue of the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition deals with poetry off the page onto the walls of the gallery, including sculptures, paintings, films and videos. Curated by Jay Sanders and Charles Bernstein, the works "offer a constellation of intellectually compelling, poetically dense, visually dazzling works that represent some of the most exciting efforts in current practice." Catalogue essays were contributed by Jay Sanders and Charles Bernstein. Johanna Drucker's text is titled, "Plastic Modalities: Emerging Sentience." Tom Phillips' text is from "Notes on A Humument." The Sackners lent eight original pages from "A Humument." John Cage describes his work "Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel," a work lent to the exhibition by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catalogue. Two works in this auction by Tom Phillips, "The Calligrapher Replies" and "Conjectured Picture 11" were acquired by Sackner Archive. Correct titles of these paintings as listed in the Sackner Archive are "Letter Picture, Diamond" and "Mappin Art Gallery Conjectured Picture (ref, no.11)," respectively. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Tom Phillips' The Birth of Art (1973), 10 etchings, is depicted on page 85; this work is not held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The exhibition demonstrates the word in "the environment, as sign and structure...as juxtaposition...as narrative...as socio-political commentary." The checklist includes exhibitions, books, articles and catalogues on word/image relationships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition dealt with mostly conceptual art and text. The introductory essay was written by the curator, Jessica Jacobs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.