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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2968 Collections and/or Records:

[man buildings] / Gluschenko, Alexander., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-60816-10003671
Scope and Contents

Taken from pete spence's Archive 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Man from Red, 2000

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-35654-37403
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts three stylized reddish-brown male nude figures placed over text for the outside two figures and on gold paint for the center figure. The top has the numbers 1 to 7 written in a horizontal row. The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Man Wat, 1984

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 31858072459427]
Identifier: CC-36487-38284
Scope and Contents

According to Boshoff, this drawing shows "organic, interwoven sentences that have something to do with the inflection of words and the construction of sentences." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Mandala'rt, 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-14564-14875
Scope and Contents

This piece was commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. A calligraphed, rubberstamped tag meaning magic denotes a cross-section of lung, with the clear center the airway. The image relates to breathing as a binary event, i.e, in & out, full & empty, dirty & clean. The red ink elements symbolize oxygen and the violet elements, carbon dioxide. Dautricourt was inspired by a book by Souzanelle on Human Body Symbolism, viz., the pulmonary tree in Hebrew is rea, but if pronounced roe meaning to see, this word could be interpreted as "light in breath." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Mandala'rt: Preparatory Sketches / Dautricourt, Joelle., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-35036-36757
Scope and Contents

These works were preparatory drawings for the piece that was commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Mane / Steen, Vagn., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-28172-29335
Scope and Contents

Mane in English = conjure and Mane with accent over 'a' = moon. Steen utilizes opened and closed parenthesis and a circle over the 'a' of "mane" to suggest cycles of the moon related to the word "conjure." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Manifeste d'Arte Total, 1997

 Item — Box 335: [Barcode: 31858072491040]
Identifier: CC-32005-33536
Scope and Contents

Ben Vautier contributes a line ink drawing which is white on the inside front cover and yellow on the facing page of a smiling man's face and the statements "moite blanc" and "je suis moitie jaune." The main section of the book is conventionally printed and list aphorisms of Ben's "Art Total" from 1965 -1997. The accompanying print was written in Ben's typical style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

manifesto / Foundary., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-44601-46760
Scope and Contents

The pages appear to be reproductions of blackboard writing analogous to the style of Joseph Beuys. The subject is a rant on book publishing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Manuscript of Franz Kafka / Klivar, Miroslav., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-32360-33927
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a facsimile of a fragment of a Kafka manuscript written in gold ink and line drawings of three highly stylized human figures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Many Wishes for 2001 / Vincy, Liliane; Ben., 2001

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Identifier: CC-35827-37587
Scope and Contents

The portrait of Liliane Vincy and her son Youri are captured in the reflection of a mirror created by Ben that has the word demain written on the bottom of the mirror. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Maograd, 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-18959-19338
Scope and Contents

The theme of this book is a critique of the Chinese leader, Mao. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Maquette for Poster: la ligne sculpture dans la ville d'Herouville , 2000

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-53613-291340
Scope and Contents

This is a drawing for a poster. It was given to the Sackners during his stay in their apartment for his performance during the celebration of an exhibition entitled, "Tour de France/Florida" held at the Frost Museum in Miami in January 2012. Several works made by Hubaut were lent to the exhibition by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Marcuse / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-09097-9276
Scope and Contents Wikipedia: Herbert Marcuse (German: [maʁˈkuːzÉ™]; July 19, 1898 "“ July 29, 1979) was a German Jewish philosopher, sociologist and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin into a Jewish family, Marcuse studied at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research - what later became known as the Frankfurt School. He was married to Sophie Wertheim (1924-1951), Inge Neumann (1955-1972), and Erica Sherover (1976-1979). Active in the United States after 1934, his intellectual concerns were the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology. After his studies, in the late 1960s and the 1970s he became known as the preeminent theorist of the New Left and the student movements of Germany, France, and the USA. Between 1943 and 1950, Marcuse worked in US Government Service, which helped form the basis of his book Soviet Marxism (1964). Celebrated as the...
Dates: 1969