Skip to main content

Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1449 Collections and/or Records:

He Spoke Like an Axe: Barere on Saint-Just / Healy, Richard., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12085-12309
Scope and Contents

The title is printed on an image of an axe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

He Was the First Schoolmaster of Democracy / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12159-12383
Scope and Contents

The poem consists of a quotation by Mathier commenting on Robespierre. It is printed in an italicized white text on a black background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Head of Gwyn Headley / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12125-12349
Scope and Contents

Gywn Headley, the author of "Follies, A National Trust Guide," made disparaging comments about Finlay's Temple Garden. The image depicts a bust of his severed head held by a human hand. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Head of the Dead Marat / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12396-12622
Scope and Contents The image was taken from the painting by Jacques-Louis David. Wikipedia 2011: During the constitutional monarchy, there were two radical groups vying for power, the Girondins and the Jacobins. Although both groups were more radical in their views than the moderates who had designed the constitutional monarchy, the Girondins were somewhat less radical. In late 1791, the Girondins first emerged as an important power in France. At first the two parties were united in their views. The Girondins were concerned about the plight of the blacks in France's colonies and were instrumental in passing legislation granting equal rights to all free blacks and mulattoes. They wanted the declaration of war against Austria in early 1792 in the hopes that a show of strength would give them leverage with the King. The Jacobins grew increasingly critical of Girondin policies. During the September massacres later that year, the Girondin leaders tried to persuade the crowds out of their bloody attacks....
Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Head of Waldemar Januszczak / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12124-12348
Scope and Contents

Januszczak was an art critic for the Guardian newspaper who wrote unkindly of Finlay. The image depicts a bust of his severed head held by a human hand. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

[Health Specialist] / Dubois, Gerard., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29392-30757
Scope and Contents

This depicts a man dressed in a bathing suit stepping into a pool of text related to the managd health care turmoil in America in 1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Hedgehog Garden Hint / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-12175-12399
Scope and Contents

This poem is an attack on Michel Blum, who was responsible in part for rejection of Finlay's commission for the city of Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Hello Martian Comrade, 1991

 Item — Folder 81: [Barcode: 31858072460029]
Identifier: CC-06033-6147
Scope and Contents

Image adapted from "the Mistress From Mars," daily newspaper Novosti, Zagreb 1935. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

Heraclitean Variations / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-11810-12029
Dates: 1986
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Hey... Girl! Get the Coffee / McCarty, Marlene., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-06774-6893
Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

History of the Future, The 1999-2000 / Ray M ; Colo P ; deCointet G ; Oleszko P ; Sprinkle A ; Gomez-Pena G ; Montano L., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-35985-37752
Dates: 1999
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs

[Holocaust Project Proposal] / Nicastri, Joe; Tan S., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-05718-5825
Scope and Contents

Consists of artist's personal statement of purpose for the Holocaust proposals and thirteen pages with descriptive text and brown ink drawings devoted to specific projects. Themes include Hitler's Eyes, Tunnel of Hope, Hanging Books, The Medical Block and Monument for Oklahoma City. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Holocaust Series / Nicastri, Joe., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-05722-5830
Scope and Contents

A presentation piece for Nicastri's monumental Holocaust project consisting of sculptures, boxes, poem objects, books, installation art, and texts. Includes "A Surplus of Memory" exhibition, detailed critical and descriptive essays by the artist, quotations from survivors, art historians and Nazi perpetrators. The ink line drawings are mainly done on the margins of the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Holy Ghosts / Alhamisi, Ahmed., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-24603-25056
Dates: 1972
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Holzwege / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-10840-11050
Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Homage to Reznikoff 1894 - 1976 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35392-37127
Scope and Contents

This dedication to the poet, Charles Reznikoff, reads on one page, "uneven water woven," and the other has a cloth embroidered label, "woven" sewn on the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Homeless / Grundmann, Elke, editor ; Mittendorf H ; Nakamura K ; Olbrich JO ; Padin C ; Petasz P ; spence p ; Angelo L ; Baroni V ; Bennett JM ; Bertrand D ; Breuer T ; Cantsin M ; Chirot D ; Sticker Dude ; Cohen R ; DeGrott J ; Dellafiora D ; Fierens L ; Fox M ; Gomez A ; Harmut J ; Kamperelic D ; Kamperelic R ; Lenoir P ; Maggi R ; Morandi E ; Parentela C ; Pennacchi W ; Sassi F ; Seifert J ; Sourdin B ; Staeck K ; Summers R ; Strada G ; Vleeskens C., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-36678-38492
Scope and Contents

This issue of the street newspaper, Motz, paper is dedicated to publishing a political statement about the homeless. It also serves as an exhibition catalogue of mail art contributions held at the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Hommage A David (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-11913-12135
Scope and Contents

This is a card printed with a cut-out that is designed to make a paper drum with drum sticks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Housepress Openpalm: Willed THinks. No.5 / ross priddle ; Nichol bp., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-36505-38304
Scope and Contents

Priddle's calligraphically reproduced essay deals with bp Nichol's infatuation with the letter "H" as well as environmental issues in a dada-like presentation. Priddle also mentions progressive scleroderma. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

How They Got A Holiday / Nations, Opal., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-60918-53544
Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Staff Interface | Visit ArchivesSpace.org | v3.5.1 | Send Feedback or Report a Problem