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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3293 Collections and/or Records:

[Untitled] / Cucchi, Enzo., 1989

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Identifier: CC-18899-19277
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The exhibition was curated by Amnon Baizel. In the page opposite the title page, Cucchi makes the statement: "I like books; they are are a special kind of deposit, a sort of common attitude with other human beings." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

[Untitled] / Dluzniewski, Andrzej., 1991

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Identifier: CC-15434-15759
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was curated by Piotr Rypson. The drawing from the series "Literatura piekna" (1982) on page 74 of this catalogue entitled "Abominacja" was acquired by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

[Untitled] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 2002

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Identifier: CC-48481-69510
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This exhibition was designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Pia Simig and took place at Tate St. Ives from March 23 to June 30, 2002. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

[Untitled] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley R ; Bann S ; Hincks G., 1977

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Identifier: CC-12526-12753
Scope and Contents

The catalogue was designed by Ron Costley. It includes a long critical introduction by Stephen Bann focusing on Finlay's contributions to concrete poetry and his swing toward neo- classicism in the picture poems carried out by inscriptions on stone plaques in the garden. The catalogue also has a reprinting of Finlay's "A Wartime Garden." The illustrations depict several unique stone, neon, and glass sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

[Untitled] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Mayer HJ ; Kellein T., 1990

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Identifier: CC-11771-11990
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Thomas Kellein. Layout design was done by Hansjorg Mayer. The cover depicts a picture poem, "Homage to Modern Art." The catalogue is a retrospective of Finlay's ouevre. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

[Untitled] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Scobie S., 1976

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Identifier: CC-11864-12085
Scope and Contents

The critical essay was contributed by the Canadian poet, Stephen Scobie. He states that Finlay is "a Classical artist" in contrast to "a Romantic artist." who attempts to create the artistic world out of an isolated consciousness whereas the Classical artist works within tradition as emphasized by Finlay's Hommage series to other artists. As Scobie indicates, to call Finlay a Classical artist seems paradoxical since his work appears so experimental or inventive but "Classicism" refers to -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

[Untitled] / Friedman, Tom., 2001

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Identifier: CC-37737-39612
Scope and Contents

This book served as the catalogue for the exhibition at the New Museum of Art, New York. One of the works in this catalogue is all the words in the dictionary written on a piece of paper that is placed on the floor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

[Untitled] / Furnival, Astrid ; Furnival, John., 1984

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Identifier: CC-12237-12461
Scope and Contents

This catalog features John Furnival's Fifty-one Towers of Babel and the A-to-Z of Consumerville, works held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

[Untitled] / Gomez, Helios., 1998

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Identifier: CC-39017-40954
Scope and Contents

This catalogue includes reproductions of the revolutionary drawings, books and prints of Gomez. His work spanned the years of the tumoil in Spain, Europe and Russia duing which time he was jailed and exiled. Gomez can be considered a cultural revolutionary for portraying the left-wing world in his artistic legacy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998