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Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 468 Collections and/or Records:

Should an Eyelash Last Forever? (Ray Johnson Works on Paper) / Johnson, Ray ; Perkins S., 2011

 Item
Identifier: CC-52974-74118
Scope and Contents

Stephen Perkins contributed an introductory essay about Johnson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

Signs of Life: An exhibition of portraits from London / Phillips T., 2002

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Identifier: CC-39510-41468
Scope and Contents

The biography of Tom Phillips describes his multi-faceted career in a droll style, perhaps authored by Phillips himself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Small Victories / Williams, Dave., 2015

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Identifier: CC-60801-10003655
Scope and Contents

This book deals with a couple's surprising adventures building and dispersing an unrivaled collection of American prints, David and Reba Williams, PhD. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2015

St. Eom in the Land of Pasaquan / Patterson, Tom ; Williams J ; Mendes G ; Russell J ; Manley R ; Finster H., 1987

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Identifier: CC-38713-40623
Scope and Contents

This is the biography and partial autobiography of Eddie Owens Martin later known as St. Eom. For the first 30 years of his life, he was a street hustler and a petty criminal and for last years an outsider artist until he committed suicide. Jonathan Williams, Roger Manley, and Guy Mendes contributed colored photographs of Martin and his artwork that he created for his house in Georgia. St. Eom's style was vividly colored abstractions as well as Buddha-like sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

St. Eom in the Land of Pasaquan / Patterson, Tom ; Williams J ; Mendes G ; Russell J ; Manley R ; Finster H., 1987

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Identifier: CC-38714-40624
Scope and Contents

This is the biography and partial autobiography of Eddie Owens Martin later known as St. Eom. For the first 30 years of his life, he was a street hustler and a petty criminal and for last years an outsider artist until he committed suicide. Jonathan Williams, Roger Manley, and Guy Mendes contributed colored photographs of Martin and his artwork that he created for his house in Georgia. St. Eom's style was vividly colored abstractions as well as Buddha-like sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Stuart Ross' Biography / curry, jw; Ross S., 1988

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Identifier: CC-20316-20713
Scope and Contents

This biography appeared on inside front cover of Room 3o2 Book List #5. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Surrealism under Pressure 1938-1953 [Edited by Jindrich Toman & Matthew S. Witkovsky] / Toman, Jindrich ; Witkovsky, Matthew S. ; Heisler, Jindrich ; Toyen ; Breton A., 2012

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Identifier: CC-55646-9999247
Scope and Contents This book was given to the Sackners by Jindrich Toman, a cousin of a friend of the Sackners, Robert Bovet.Book Descrption: "Czech poet and photographer Jindrich Heisler (1914--1953) joined the Czech Surrealist Group in 1938, just as Nazi occupation of the country was driving the movement and Czech artists underground. Heisler published his first book of poetry a year later. In his brief and courageous career"”Heisler died suddenly at the age of thirty-eight"”he produced some of the most remarkable assemblage work of the Surrealist movement, including what is arguably the single-most important photobook produced in the 20th century, From the Strongholds of Sleep (1940-41).This gorgeously illustrated volume"”with eighty color images of Heisler's assemblage pieces"”introduces English-speaking audiences to his work, translating many of his writings for the first time and offering in-depth analysis of his postwar years in Paris in the company of Andre Breton, Benjamin Peret, the...
Dates: 2012

Susan Speechley Lukito 1958- ; Eight: Loveburn , 2004

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-42385-44395
Scope and Contents

The shape of the poem is that of a cat though the text deals with tigers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Susan Speechley Lukito 1958- ; One: Sleepburn , 2004

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 31858072538386]
Identifier: CC-42373-44383
Scope and Contents

The shape of the poem is in the form of a cat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004