Aphorism
Found in 331 Collections and/or Records:
The Present Order Is the Disorder of the Future / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1983
This card provides instructions for cutting out the words of this poem that have been carved on stones. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Rationales / Mann, Chris., 1986
The Shapes and S.P.A.C.I.N.G of the Letters, 1994
This book consists of a collection of illustrated essays on the following topics, Short-Prose, Verbo-Visuals, Travel-Log, Agit-Prop, Colonial-English, Calendar-Art, Cut-Paste and Laughing-Stock. Includes a particularly good exposition of Picture or Emblem Poetry. Most of the writing is tongue-in-cheek. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Tablets I-XXVI / Schwerner, Armand., 1989
The tablets consist of translations of found, imagined, ancient texts, hieroglyphs, poetry and visionary philosopical writings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Utter Mystery / Crombie, John., 2000
The book is divided into chapters that are titled "The Perplexities Commence," "The Perplexities Mutliply" and "The Ultimate Conundrum." The answer to the posed questions of Who? What? When,? How? and Why? is on the last page - Because!!! Listed are many excuses from Human Fallibility, Gross Mismanagement to Precocious Senility. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Venice Installation / Holzer, Jenny., 1990
Michael Auping contributed a major essay "Reading Holzer or Speaking in Tongues." The Sackners attended this exhibition in Venice. An additional copy of the poster is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Watercolor Way / Blei, Norbert., 1990
The covers depict a self-portrait of the artist and the integrated caption, "I am Thick with Poems Today." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Worst Moment Is When You Realize That You Can't Change the Course of Art History, 2009
The collaged card depicts a photograph of Vittore and an unknown man seated and reading books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
thepenismightierthanthesword / Mayer, Peter., 1969
There Ain't No Sanity Clause ?! / Brewton, Johnny., 2009 - 2011
The folded card was hand printed in 2009 and signed by John & Giselle. The smaller card was inserted as a personal note to the Sackners in 2011. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
These Words Are My Blood / Gerz, Jochen., 1971
The title statement, translated into three languages, appears on a photograph of a video monitor in capital letters with Jochen Gerz's name on the bottom. The translucent overlay has handwritten instructions for reproduction of this image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
These Words Are My Flesh & My Blood / Gerz, Jochen., 1971
The three aphorisms in French, English, and German are depicted on a video monitor in capital letters with Jochim Gerz's name at the bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
These Words Are My Flesh & My Blood / Gerz, Jochen., 1971
The three aphorisms in French, English, and German are depicted on a video monitor in capital letters with Jochim Gerz's name at the bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Thinking of You / Pettibon, Raymond., 1986
This book was reproduced from a sketchbook of Pettibon that dates from 1986-1987 as evidenced by some of the pages that reproduce dated school notes on the verso of the drawings. The latter consist of silhouettes of one or more mostly erect, black penises with different dimensions that appear on each page along with brief captions of written and printed text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
This Is Not A Hand Carved Art Stamp, 1993
This is Visual Poetry. No.59/Sep / Sarah B. McCann., 2010
Thoughts on Waldemar / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1986
Three Times Jonathan, 1994
The facing pages of the books have a text on the right side with a print from a black and white line drawing on the left side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Time Art / Mackowiak, Barbara., 1979
Mackiowiak prints an aphorism on each page which should incorporate the word, "time" but instead substitutes the word "art." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.