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Baroni, Vittore, 1956-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1956 January 17

Nationality

Italian

Found in 807 Collections and/or Records:

[Mask], 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-21755-22166

[Mask], 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-22219-22641

Meeting Extravaganza, 1981

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-22936-23373

Memento Mori - The Juggler: Vittore Baroni at 44 , 2000

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-37555-39412
Scope and Contents

The stamp depicts a stick figure juggling four balls and labeled 1956 2056 (Baroni at 2000 was 44 years of age). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Memorie non gradite, 2015

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-60879-10003739
Scope and Contents

The rubberstamped verso reads "E.O.N. Archives. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2015

Millennium Bunny ([slower but] safer than the bug) , 1999

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-43925-46034
Scope and Contents

The stamp depicts a line drawing of Baroni's son in full figure holding a rabbitt on his lap. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Miniature Obscure, No. 2: Substitute, 1993

 Item — Box 125: [Barcode: 31858072458239]
Identifier: CC-06422-6540
Scope and Contents

The round cardboard case measuring 6.7" in diameter is made from handmade pulp such that bits of fragmented texts appear on its surface. Its lid is perforated in the center. The names of the contributors are printed on two concertinas made from red paper. One of the works has a background of the same word repetively printed in tight grid with two large empty letters, e.g., ER, superimposed = Ersatz (substitute). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Misplaced Postcards, 2013

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-57961-10001219
Scope and Contents

The images on the pages consist of reproductions of collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2013

momento mori, 1988

 Item — Box 329: [Barcode: 31858072490950]
Identifier: CC-23192-23630
Scope and Contents The work was based on a copy-art installation by Baroni for the "Ear Nerve" festival in Naples, Italy held in September 1988. Wikipedia: A memento mori (Latin 'remember that you will die is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. Popular belief says the phrase originated in ancient Rome: as a Roman general was parading through the streets during a victory triumph, standing behind him was his slave, tasked with reminding the general that, although at his peak today, tomorrow he could fall, or "” more likely "” be brought down. The servant is thought to have conveyed this with the warning, "Memento mori.".It is further possible that the servant may have instead advised, "Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!": "Look behind you! Remember that you are but a man! Remember that you'll die!", as noted by Tertullian in his Apologeticus. The thought came into its own with Christianity,whose strong emphasis on divine judgment, Heaven, Hell, and the...
Dates: 1988