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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3310 Collections and/or Records:

Alpha-Omega: Opere dal 1952 al 1987 / Cattania, Luciano ; DeBenedetti E., 1989

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Identifier: CC-16799-17154
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The artist book "Libro di Stoffa, 1986 which is held by the Sackner Archive is depicted in this catalogue as entry No.177. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Alphabets Sublime / Myers, George Jr., editor ; Lipman J ; Cross D ; Porter B ; Knowles A ; Hitchcock G ; Kasper M ; Zeller L ; Metcalf P ; Zelevansky P ; Braunstein T ; Robertson K ; Gerlovina R ; Gerlovin V ; Bakhchanyan V ; Roberts P III ; Echevarria-Myers JA ; Kempton K ; Bennett JM ; Gangemi K ; Schneemann C ; Myers Gjr ; Phillips T., 1986

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Identifier: CC-38279-40175
Scope and Contents The book consist of interviews between Myers and the various artist/poets in the book.Independent Publisher review: Alphabets Sublime is a collection of interviews with 20 artists and writers by George Myers, Jr., book editor for The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), as well as critic, fiction author, and bookwork artist. Subtitled Contemporary Artists on Collage and Visual Literature, this book is "not a history but a 'slice of life' of the art of the 80s that touches on assemblage, intermedia, visual literature, Fluxus, dada, and bookworks as objets d'art" (quoted from the book's back cover).In his introductory essay, Myers states that "collage is the culmination of the world," and that "visual literature is the culmination of the word." The book's dialogic format allows the reader to infer an informal yet journalistic give-and-take between artist and interviewer. Myers' questions focus on matters of technique, artistic intention, and on views held by the artists of the social,...
Dates: 1986

Alphawalk / Satin, Claire Jeanine., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30507-31935
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Published for the inauguration of Claire Satin's Art in Public Places Project for the opening of the New Tampa Library, Satin's artwork consists of ten crescent shaped lines of tiles, fabricated by water-jet, containing notations of ancient and modern alphabets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts / Milman, Estera, editor ; Friedman K ; Perkins S ; Smith O ; Cleveland B ; Watts R ; Knowles A ; Vostell W ; Knizak M ; Maciunas G ; Brecht G ; Higgins D ; Lastname B ; Duch LF ; Banana A ; Pelieu C ; Rehfeldt R ; Tot E ; Mohammed ; Johnson R ; Baroni V ; Bruscky P ; Beuys J ; Carrion U ; Cavellini GA ; Craven R ; Crozier R ; Duch LF ; Finlay IH ; Gerz J ; Hompson DD ; Ockerse T ; Padin C ; Petasz P ; Secunda A ; Rocola R ; Todorovic M ; Vigo EA ; Hutchins A ; Xenakis C ; Kostelanetz R ; Valoch J ; Deisler G ; Denes A ; Nannucci M ; Groh K ; Glusberg J ; Pazos L., 1999

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Identifier: CC-36387-38178
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This extensively illustrated publication marked the 20th anniversary of The University of Iowa's Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts and was accompanied by 4 exhibitions of works from the ATCA collection. They were: Alice Hutchins - Arenas for Happenings: Artifacts of the Eternal Network; Ken Friedman - Art[net]worker Extra-Ordinaire: Latin American Realities/International Solutions. The catalogue is subtitled "Subjugated Knowledges and the Balance of Power." Several multiples, ephemera and periodicals that were exhibited are also hels by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Alternatives / Lipman J., 1984

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Identifier: CC-24526-24979
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Contains essay on small press publishers in USA. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Altra Lettura \ Altra Scrittura: poesia d'una ricerca / Miglietta, Enzo., 1980

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Identifier: CC-36961-38794
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The reproductions in this catalogue show poesia visiva and calligraphic micrography works over the period 1970-1980. This copy is photocopied from the original. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

American Book Collector. No.2/Feb / Blake W., 1987

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Identifier: CC-24725-25178
Scope and Contents

Bernard McTigue describes Bookworks in London and its first illustrated catalog. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987