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Essays by Frances Butler and Alastair Johnston present a historical, personal view of the founding of Poltroon, its philosophy and their artistic journeys during the twenty years of the press, a private voice in the public realm. They mention seeing the exhibition, "The Altered Page" at the Center for Book Arts, NYC consisting of works from the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Brion Gysin (1916-1986) was a multifaceted artist whose fertile mind and wide range of original ideas were a source of inspiration for artists of the Beat Generation in Paris, as well as to innovative artists and performers such as David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Keith Haring, and Laurie Anderson in the next generation. Painter, writer, sound poet, tape composer, lyricist, and performance artist, Gysin is remembered particularly for his evocative paintings of the North African desert in the 1950s and his original calligraphic abstractions based on Japanese and Arabic scripts. The chance discovery by Gysin of the cut-up technique (later developed and refined by William S. Burroughs) and the concept of permutated poems gave rise to new and original forms of sound art wordplay, striking not only in print but also in recordings or live performance. Gysin's inventive ideas also extended to the Dreamachine and to collages of text and photographs. This is the first comprehensive publication on...

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The ideograms appear ro be stylized letters, "B G," i.e., initials of Brion Gysisn. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by Allen De Loach. Photograph of Eric Mottram by Jennifer Cobbing. This book is one of the 1125 of a total print run of 3500 bound in cloth. Mottram minutely examines Burroughs' life and major works, stating in Chapter 1 that Burroughs is "...a radical satirist whose indignation and disgust reach through the crust of the power games of the world into the aggressive areas of the obscene....expos[ing] the -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a review of an excellent, detailed exhibition of the lifetime works of Brion Gysin at the New Museum in New York. An exhibition catalogue was issued that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is an extension of Dautricout's rubberstampings dealing with permutations of "word." Here the images are produced in a computer and then printed with a Canon laser color copier. The catalogue mentions that Dautricourt's work is held in the Sackner Archive and was exhibited in The Altered Page (Center for Book Arts, NY) and the Beauty in Breathing Exhibitions (Miami Beach). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.