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Conceptual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1027 Collections and/or Records:

Ritmo D. Feeling the Blanks / Boglione, Riccardo., 2009

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Identifier: CC-51482-72580
Scope and Contents

In the letter to Marvin Sackner, Riccardo Boglione wrote that this book "is the removal of all the words of the entire Boccaccio's Decameron, except for the spacing between words and the punctuation...Ritmo D ignites the tension between erasure and evocation of one of the most censored books in history. An example of abstract literature, of an illegible text that, yet, can be read." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Roadsigned / Tipping, Richard Kelly., 2004

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Identifier: CC-44450-46599
Scope and Contents

Consists of color photographs of several modified road signs which are also held by the Sackner Archive in larger format. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Robert Filliou / Art Base ; Brecht G ; Spoerri D ; Higgins D ; Sandberg W., 2001

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Identifier: CC-37732-39607
Scope and Contents

This catalogue lists publications of Filliou as well as individual and group exhibitions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Rodney Graham .She Stood Up for Herself / Goldsmith, Kenneth, editor ; Abbess M ; Graham R., 2006

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Identifier: CC-44928-47100
Scope and Contents

This volume was published as a joint project of the ICA and the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania as a spoof on the exhibition of Rodney Graham works taking him as a female not male artist. Matthew Abess, an intern at the Sackner Archive, was one of 16 students of Kenneth Goldsmith who participated in writing this book. He contributed a permutation poem and signed the pages where he made his contributions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Roget Laks / Hubaut, Joel., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09402-9589
Scope and Contents

The handwritten page by Haubaut describes his activities in producing Edition C.R.E.M. The photograph depicts a sculpture by Hubaut on exhibition in the gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Romances-Emblems-Enigmas / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1980

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Identifier: CC-11773-11992
Scope and Contents

A caption for a picture poem is printed at the bottom of each left hand page along with a printer's ornament of a hand pointing to each blank right hand page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

[Sackner Archive Card] / Welty, Rachel Perry., 2010

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Identifier: CC-50733-71811
Scope and Contents

Welty has transformed the Sackner Archive card by drawing over and changing each letter to create a new alphabet. The card was originally designed by Sara Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Sailors & Shoes / Ned Sublette; Lawrence Weiner., 1993

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Identifier: CC-38065-39954
Scope and Contents

The lyrics of the popular songs on this disc were written by Weiner and the music composed by Sublette. The latter was the singer with a back-up group known as the Persuasions. Weiner designed the pamphlet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Sail/Stamp / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1975

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Identifier: CC-12017-12240
Scope and Contents

On the recto is a blank card with the image of a square containing the word, "Sail" in left upper corner whereas on the verso, the rectangle with the word, "stamp" is in its usual location in the upper right corner. The Sackners hold the Archive for this work that designated this work as "Deadpan Poatcard." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975