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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1449 Collections and/or Records:

(Uh..One & Uh..Two) Random Sightings / levy, d.a. ; Finlay IH ; McCarthy C., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-40258-42229
Scope and Contents

This book includes reproductions of "Book 14 T that consisted of abstract markings rendered on the mimeograph machine. The book reproduces 'The Para-Concrete Manifesto (1996)' is from the original mimeograph printing. Some of the pages inside 'untitled (1964)' also reproduced in the book were based upon images used for levy's '6 cleveland prints' (renegade press, 1964). There were 5 copies published; probably each one different from the other. Here, copy #2. is reprinted. The pages are colored abstract markings with some containing letter pictures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Una poesia totale / Balestrini, Nanni ; Andreas Hapkemeyer, curator ; Oliva AB., 2014

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Identifier: CC-60163-10003180
Scope and Contents

This exhibition is a retrospective of Balestrni's two-dimensional works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014

Un/becoming / Ligon, Glenn., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29738-31115
Scope and Contents

Exhibition deals with Ligon's identity as a black artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

["Underground"] from Yod / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1966

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Identifier: CC-44048-46163
Scope and Contents

This drawing from the book "Yod" is an example of the Kabbalistic period of Hirschman's work in which the poet combined Hebrew letters within his poetry. Yod is the letter Y and also means hand in Hebrew. This drawing is a facsimile of the illustration in the book that was designed by Paul Vaughn and Pip Benveniste. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Une Baignade, Asnieres, 1884 - 111 Years On, 1991

 Item — Box 126: [Barcode: 31858072458288]
Identifier: CC-01234-1265
Scope and Contents

Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. Torok reproduced a translucent fragment of a Seurat painting "Une baignade à Asnières," with a computer in which its clarity is obscured according to his ideas by the effects of the presumed passage of time, exposure to environmental pollutants and occurrence of catastrophic weather conditions. These conditions are listed in bold type face partially overlaying each of the six images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

[UNITED - CHANGE] / Anonymous., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48843-69878
Scope and Contents

In a Letter to America the word UNITED changes to CHANGE in six stages. The printout also contains photographs of groups of people around the world on election night celebrating Barak Obama's presidential victory. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

United for the Peace / Maggi, Ruggero., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-62426-47565
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhbition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

[Untitled] , 1998

 Item — Folder 77: [Barcode: 31858072538360]
Identifier: CC-30876-32328
Scope and Contents

The image is the maquette (included color highlights that are not in the book illustration) of an illustration for the book, "Pro Eto" by Mayakovsky and Rodchenko. The book and the photograph printed from the original black and white negative are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[Untitled] / Gomez, Helios., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-39017-40954
Scope and Contents

This catalogue includes reproductions of the revolutionary drawings, books and prints of Gomez. His work spanned the years of the tumoil in Spain, Europe and Russia duing which time he was jailed and exiled. Gomez can be considered a cultural revolutionary for portraying the left-wing world in his artistic legacy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[Untitled] / Neshat, Shirin., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-39344-41294
Scope and Contents

In addition to an incisive critical essay, this catalogue also includes an interview with Shirin Neshat and reproductions from the video trilogy Turbulent, Rapture and Fervor. Further, several visual poetic photographic prints from the Women of Allah series are reproduced. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000