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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 5469 Collections and/or Records:

Amerika / Rollins, Tim + K.O.S., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-03138-3187
Scope and Contents

Edited by Gary Garrels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Amok / Pohlmann, Mathias ; Pohlmann A., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-27556-28628
Scope and Contents

The translucent pages of varied colors are printed with headings of different musical tempos in Italian. These overlay photographs of a male nude which were done by Andreas Pohlmann. The figure is photographed realistically and in distorted views done either contemporaneously or in a dark room manipulation. The poems printed together with drips of colored inks relate to a disturbed mental state. The words have been appropriated from musical lyrics of the rock groups, U2, The Beatles, Rainbirds, and Chris Rea. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Amralab XI: Sculpture Buccale, 1984

 Item — Box 206: [Barcode: 31858072460128]
Identifier: CC-15685-16014
Scope and Contents

The object is a chewing gum cast of Descossey's tongue. In September 2000, over 3300 of Descossy's chewing gum sculptures were destroyed in a fire on a warehouse where they were stored. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Amulet / Marcello Diotallevi., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-39122-41064
Scope and Contents

The organically shaped object is painted pink, orange, green and yellow. The Greek word for amulet is written vertically on a flat, pink surface. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

An Exhibition of New Drawings and Prints / Arddangosfa a ddarluniau a phrintiau newydd / Phillips, Tom., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-46280-49002
Scope and Contents

The cover self-portrait is also depicted in a print published by the Welsh Council and held by the Sackner Archive. The content of this exhibition deals with masks and found objects on walks near Phillips' studio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

An Intrusion (Self-Applied) / Sharshal, Stan., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30026-31420
Scope and Contents

This work was begun in Winter 1988 and completed posthumously in Winter 1998. The main image on the label appears to be rows of wooden coffins. The piece is an HIV metaphor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

An Unknown Art History / Rickaby, Tony., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-32091-33628
Scope and Contents

This book is divided into eighteen chapters that tell the story of two characters, A and C. The story is placed on the left hand page with three illustrations at the lower left corner of each page. One always illustrates the story in conventional drawings; the second always is the head of a man and the third always is a crowd scene. The text on the right hand pages consists of six quotations from varied sources printed in differing typefaces. The sources are listed in a bibliography .Drawings were done by Jasper Deane. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Ana Eccetera: La Questione S. No.5 (Suppl)) / Alan Jouffroy., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-24249-24701
Scope and Contents

Entitled Etcetera. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Anagram Bookshop / Dupuy, Jean ; Martin H., 2010

 Item
Identifier: CC-60293-10003293
Scope and Contents

Henry Martin contributed an introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Analemmic: An Equation of Time / Bellavance, Leslie., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-33236-34866
Scope and Contents

Photographs of landscapes and gardens with a photo-portrait of the author comprise the visuals for this book. The bookmarks list personal regrets of the writer with each line starting with "If only I had..." These are reminiscent in content of the recitations of sins read during the Jewish high holiday, "Yom Kippur." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Anatomisches, 1994

 Item — Box 277: [Barcode: 31858072460615]
Identifier: CC-23778-24226
Scope and Contents

The colophon depicts an anatomical drawing of the lungs. Although editioned as a series of 30, each of the individual works are unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Anatomy (postcard), 2004

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Scope and Contents

Along with the postcard is an attached document from the Russian Federation's Ministry of Culture approving this card to be exported to the United States.

Dates: 2004

(and) / Fitzsimmons, Greg ; Sonnenfeld, Mark., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34630-36331
Scope and Contents

Subtitled "the collaboration chapbook." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

And Please Remember: Mail-Art Isn't a One-Way! / Fox, Michael, editor ; Crozier R ; Flores A ; Lohr H ; Nikonova R ; Petasz P., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11004-11218
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive is printed as the address of the Alden Carr Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993