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Found poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 900 Collections and/or Records:

Paris Capitale de la Creation / Anonymous., 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-49218-70260
Scope and Contents

This is a guide to fashion shops in Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Paris Is the Sink of All Vices / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-12185-12409
Scope and Contents

This is a quotation from Jean-Paul Marat as an imagined admonishment to Michel Blum and Yves Hayat for their rejection of Finlay's commission for the city of Paris. The poem reads, "Paris is the sink of all vices. And its inhabitants claim they are free! They should not flatter themselves; to be free it is necessary to have judgement, courage, virtues......" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Paste Book Number One: Can a Girl Make You? / Depew, Wally., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-55002-55667
Scope and Contents

The suite of 26 collages with the first title [Paste Book Number One] are stored in a single folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Paste Book Number One: Nothing And / Depew, Wally., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-54997-97866
Scope and Contents

The suite of 26 collages with the first title [Paste Book Number One] are stored in a single folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Pattern: Racconto (1975). No.13 / Felice Piemontese ; Martini SM., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-31417-32906
Scope and Contents

This booklet consists of photocopied tickets, schedules, map, etc. that forms a diary-like document of the year 1975 in the life of the artist. This publication was edited by Luciano Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

[Paye], 1991

 Item — Folder 20: [Barcode: 31858072459799]
Identifier: CC-16204-16547
Scope and Contents

Print was made using the visual components of the poster from an exhibition at Galerie Annie Lagier with Burka and de Charmoy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Peking China (5 III 68) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56837-10000205
Scope and Contents

The found text that is collaged onto elongated horns of a strange animal reads, "Carrying on the great proletarian revolution / Building the new, socialist China." The cut out postmark rubberstamp resembles a full moon on the black background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Peking China (5 III 68) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56837-10000205
Scope and Contents

The found text that is collaged onto elongated horns of a strange animal reads, "Carrying on the great proletarian revolution / Building the new, socialist China." The cut out postmark rubberstamp resembles a full moon on the black background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

pelos contornos da luz, 2007

 Item — Box Adl-Agu: [Barcode: 31858072490794]
Identifier: CC-47597-68606
Scope and Contents

This catalogue consists of five sections, e.g., color photographs of shops with interesting signage, light sculptures, language art, photographs of concrete poetry performances, and an interview of Aguiar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Penis Stone / Susan Barron., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-29884-31271
Scope and Contents

Suan Barron found this stone in the shape of a penis on Miami Beach while walking with Ruth Sackner. The loose sheet reads, " Megiddo: Upper Egypt 8th c. B.C.E. Antiquities Trust Verification." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Perfect Lines / McVarish, Emily., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-28018-29171
Scope and Contents This is an unusual book in its construction. Its front cover is perforated with horizontal slots that are fitted with metal sliding guides that can be moved side to side to reveal either one of two layers of text. When the guides are pushed to the right, the black text reads: "Perfect Lines - shoot headlong through the moment - Written in chalk to trace the passing. - As safely as consequences - They become in time to belong. - This is the track, - The line, - The Way. - Just as they will, - So do the tracks pass, - Constantly arriving - On grounds of expectation - It will come to pass. - Pass Pass" When the metal guides are moved to the left, the red text of the interior page is revealed. This poem reads, "Great structures - With roof tanks and penthouses - Stand like fixtures. - A ceaseless procession - To break the barrier and the boredom. - The next steel frame sums up the state of things, - and this statement is true: - 50 storeys held to be vertical - Lit structures - with...
Dates: 1996

Performing Objects / Peter Huttinger, curator ; Miller L ; Porter B ; Schneemann C., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-04495-4580
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive lent two books by Bern Porter to this exhibition. This was acknowledged by Peter Huttinger, the curator of this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Philosophie de Cuisine, 1999

 Item — Box 269: [Barcode: 31858072460581]
Identifier: CC-35768-37525
Scope and Contents

The text on the cloth that is printed in red with varied typefaces, deals with food and cooking. The cloth is folded into the jar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Photographs of Bern Porter / Saunders, Robert., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-02258-2298
Scope and Contents

All Photographs are annotated on verso. and signed by Saunders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Picasso 90 / Rocola, Robert., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-03190-3239
Scope and Contents

Rocola appropriates this article on Picasso for his alter-ego, Marlon Picasso, by substitution of his own material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Pivo / Mansouroff, Paul., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-42745-44784
Scope and Contents

This is the fourth version of the work first made in 1922. The word Pivo painted on the wood background in large letters means beer in English. Two Ying-Yang circles are painted onto the solid metal sheet offset as a relief from the background by four screws. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978