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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1449 Collections and/or Records:

[Untitled] / Neshat, Shirin., 2002

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Identifier: CC-39366-41318
Scope and Contents

The catalogue includes descriptive texts and illustrations for Neshat's following videos: Turbulent, Rapture, Fervor, Soliloquy, Passage and Pulse. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

[Untitled] / Neshat, Shirin; Patkin, Izhar; Fuchs, Rafael., 2005

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Identifier: CC-44476-46626
Scope and Contents

The image of this print consists to two arms, one wrapped in a Jewish religious ornament known as tfellin, the other with a Farsi text. Fuchs printed this work. The image was was reproduced in the November 2009 issue of Art in America page 121. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

[Untitled] / Pyros, John., 1983 - 1984

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Identifier: CC-04188-4267
Scope and Contents

Each collage has the printed, paper label "Epistolary Stud Farm, Tarpon Springs, FL." The verbal/visual content of the images deals with politics of Ronald Reagan's first term as president. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983 - 1984

[Untitled] / Stilinovic, Mladen., 2018

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Identifier: CC-62928-10004584
Scope and Contents

Stilinovic died in 2016. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2018

[Untitled: Wo man Bucher Verbrennt] / Barron, Susan., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51128-72213
Scope and Contents

The artist writes, "It is the final drawing (7th) precipitating and thus 'illustrating' the prose piece 'Jamaica Mistake,' the 1994 accounting of the actual events of the seven days of Creation as previously misrepresented and whitewashed in the book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible." The collaged German text in the lower left corner, from "Almansor" by Heinrich Heine reads "Wo man Bucher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." Colloquially translated by Baron in her correspondence: " Where one burns books, one will eventually incinerate people." The drawing of an open faced book in left upper corner is written in Hebrew micrography. This print was exhibited in an exhibition of Barron's drawings at Printworks Gallery in Chicago from May 21 to July 3, 2010. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

[Untitled: wo man Bucher Verbrennt] / Barron, Susan., 1991 - 1994

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Identifier: CC-34546-36245
Scope and Contents

The artist writes, "It is the final drawing (7th) precipitating and thus 'illustrating' the prose piece 'Jamaica Mistake,' the 1994 accounting of the actual events of the seven days of Creation as previously misrepresented and whitewashed in the book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible." The collaged German text in the lower left corner, from "Almansor" by Heinrich Heine reads "wo man Bucher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." Colloquially translated by Barron in her correspondence: " Where one burns books, one will eventually incinerate people." The drawing of an open faced book in left upper corner is written in Hebrew micrography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991 - 1994

[Untitled] / X-Communication., 1993

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Identifier: CC-00185-193
Scope and Contents

X-Communication aka Lou Acierno and Cherie Weitzner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Untitled / Zellen, Jody., 1989

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Identifier: CC-00041-40
Scope and Contents

The photographic images in this book are grainy whereas the overlying text is crisp. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Unusual Abbreviations / Anonymous., 1980

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Identifier: CC-26723-27193
Scope and Contents

Each postcard has the a famous abbreviation printed on the message side and the full name of an organization in England printed on the sending side with the same abbreviation, e.g., C.I.A. = Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes, N.A.T.O. = National Association of Temperance Officials, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

U$$R U$$A (extract from: american dream) / UU, David., 1970

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Identifier: CC-50412-71480
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1970

U.S.A. Surpasses All The Genocide Records! / Maciunas, George., 1968

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Identifier: CC-06014-6128
Scope and Contents

Another version of this poster, published in 1973/1974 by Albrecht d, had smaller dimensions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Using Words to Obscure Hypocrisy / Anonymous., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48714-69746
Scope and Contents

The image is a man's head with words in varying type fonts and sizes,relating to the election and convention, coming out of his head -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008