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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 5468 Collections and/or Records:

Magnified Section; from Madison to Cedar Rapids to Dreamtime Village / X-Communication ; Was E., 1992

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Identifier: CC-00186-194
Scope and Contents

X-Communication is a group that split from ABC No Rio. This book deals with artistic collaborations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Magpie Caliper / Gorny, Anthony-Petr., 1976 - 1980

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Identifier: CC-60328-60956
Scope and Contents Internet: "AP Gorny's work deals with the appearance of the same object in multiple forms, in the various stages of its metabolism, seemingly identical but always different. Shaped by the diverse contexts of their public presentation, instructed by the elements or works associated with them, his pieces remind observers of the way perceptions can shift and renew by the specific stakes of an exhibition. His work also deals with the memory of objects, their persistence in the physical world, and in our minds, as well as the mirror relationship they induce in viewers. While his pieces can imprint themselves lastingly in the memory of the public, they also bear the trace of their presentation in the spaces where they have been displayed. In his new program of practice, which combines varied, complementary, plurivocal artistic viewpoints through a spectrum of exhibition, bringing together historical works' themes, with works by artists living, whether confirmed or emergent. As a teaching...
Dates: 1976 - 1980

Mail Art Project: Living in the Mirror / Anonymous, editor., 1996

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Identifier: CC-40289-42260
Scope and Contents

Each postcard depicts an original design by a different student. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Major Reference Works, 2002

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Identifier: CC-42916-44959
Scope and Contents

Ian Hamilton Finlay is featured in this general catalogue with 16 picture poems and photographs of fleets of model boats in his garden "Little Sparta" in Scotland. This book is stored in the Finlay materia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Making Art from Bits and Pieces" John Evan's Collages Capture a Neighborhood / Strausbaugh, John; Johnson R; Evans J; Cornell J., 2005

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Identifier: CC-43320-45379
Scope and Contents

The author of this article describes the work of Evans as he created notebooks of collages from discarded materials found on the streets of the East Village in New York. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

Making History April May June 2006 , 2006

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Identifier: CC-46093-48803
Scope and Contents

These are calendar drawings with each day of the month a drawing directly or indirectly gleaned from articles in the NY Times Newspaper. The information leading to the drawing is written in graphite on the verso of the drawing. The April drawing consists of heads, the May drawing text from newspaper article headers, and map drawings from articles. The names of the places from the maps overlap from one day to another to produce a combination name that does not signify a true location, e.g., a foreign country city name meshed with a city name in the United States. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Mall Statements / Dellafiora, David, editor; spence, pete, editor; Cuthbertson M; Dellafiora D; Hartigan S; Jarvis L; spence p; Vriens S., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32103-33641
Scope and Contents

Each print has the same basic image, a full length grainy photographic portrait of a man with a sandwich board. Each poet has altered the message of the sandwich board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Maman / Hubaut, Joel; Cage J; Gerz J; Dupuy J., 1978

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Identifier: CC-08826-9001
Scope and Contents

Preparatory drawing for an announcement of performance by Hubaut at L'Ancienne Poste, Calais. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978