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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1449 Collections and/or Records:

Blades for Michel Blum, Jonathan Hirschfeld, Yves Hayat / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-11855-12076
Scope and Contents

The individuals named in the title fought Finlay's commission for a public work in Paris on the grounds that he was (falsely) anti-semitic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Blocks to be Arranged in a Pyramid: In Memorium AIDS / Johnson, Ronald., 1996

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Identifier: CC-32636-34221
Scope and Contents

The poem is a metaphoric description of AIDS. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Bloedlyn / Coetzee M., 1999

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Identifier: CC-34836-36544
Scope and Contents

The installation by Mark Coetzee and Karin Cronje, titled "Enshroud," is described as "the most effective individual installation in terms of semiotic effectiveness and economy...the photographic images...function forcefully in interaction with the text to convey the abuse of power." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Bogendruck: Vergrossern! Vergrossen die Freude!. No.8/Jul., 1972

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 31858072538063]
Identifier: CC-22803-23238
Scope and Contents

Image taken from a postcard depicting Adolf Hitler in 1936. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Boiling Coffee / Nonas, Richard., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-38343-40243
Scope and Contents

The text is written in large, block letters, expresses various situations. It is accompanied by illustrations that depict one young and another older Hispanic man. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Bouquet / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

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Identifier: CC-11068-11283
Scope and Contents

Image depicts a whellbarrow with heads in an abstract presentation presumably an imagined scene from the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

BP / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35391-37126
Scope and Contents

The title, BP, signifies British Petroleum and the poem on the pages is the word, "Tanker" with its letters widely spaced to indicate the enormity of these ocean going vessels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997