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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1449 Collections and/or Records:

Revolution/Virtue/Eloquence/Transparency / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stirling, Annet., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-12429-12656
Scope and Contents

The work is composed of 4 prints each a single word formed from a collage of packets of commercial plant seeds. The height of all the prints is the same with the width smaller or larger depending on the number of the letters in the word. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Riff-Raff / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-12188-12412
Scope and Contents

The theme of this card is an attack on the authors of the book, "Follies, A National Trust Guide," that discredited Finlay's Temple Garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Rights of Man Declaration / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-57804-10001056
Scope and Contents

Deals with cacellation of Finlay's Declaration of the Rights of Man by the French government. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Rockwell Re-Enlisted fro a Nation's Darker Mood / Cave, Damien; Mill G; Kuitca G; Kidd C; Tuttle R., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48327-69352
Scope and Contents

This is a review of the Wolfsonian Museum's exhibition "Thoughts On Democracy." Sixty works by international artists reinterprete Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms posters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Rodney King, 1992

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Identifier: CC-29695-291307
Scope and Contents

The main caption of this anti-police state drawing, printed in large blue, eraser stamped letters reads, "Rodney King Resists Arrest." The latter refers to the unwarranted police beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles, who did not resist arrest, that was taken unbeknownst to the police on video and aired to the American public. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

RU$$IA RU$$IA RU$$IA Last Words From Klondike Pete / UU, David., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-50413-71481
Scope and Contents

The right side of the page is torn but does not interfere with the poetic text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Rulle Suggestion for the Cold War / Fahlstrom, Oyvind., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-13088-13383
Scope and Contents

This print deals with abstract ideas about the Cold War using vividly colored surrealistic images and occasional handwritten captions. It was part of a series of nine other prints by Fahlstrom published by multipla editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

S.A.C./A.C.G.B./K.G.B., 1978

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-12415-12642
Scope and Contents

The acronym signifies Arts Council of Great Britain, Scottish Arts Council, and the K.G.B. (Russian secret police). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Sackcloth / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1994

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Identifier: CC-12605-12837
Scope and Contents

A brief sentence describing sackcloth with different nouns or adjectives is printed on each page; on the final page the noun is printed in capital letters, REVOLUTION. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Sailors! Revolutionaries! / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1987

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Identifier: CC-12366-12592
Scope and Contents

The image of this print is adapted from a self portrait by Vladimir Tatlin. The coplete text reads "Sailors! Revolutionaries! Learn from you boldness!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Saint-Just Cube / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1986

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Identifier: CC-12520-12747
Scope and Contents

The print offers instructions for a cut-out of the six sides, each with a letter to read St Just. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Saint-Just Pot Labels: Let Us Invite Nature... / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989

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Identifier: CC-12302-12527
Scope and Contents

The three colors, of these labels are white, red and blue, the flag of the French Republican government. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Saint-Just Sundial Badge, 1981

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-12414-12641
Scope and Contents

Depicts sundial with the caption "Too Many Laws Too Few Examples." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Salon de l'Ephemere, 10e, 1997

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Identifier: CC-29492-30857
Scope and Contents

This catalogue documents street art done as standing poster signs and sculptures for the tenth annual ephemera fair in the town. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997