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Smith states in an interview with Alan Bowness that his paintings "can be thought of as visual poetry, but they are not to be confused with concrete poetry. It is essential that my paintings are only visually understood. They are sound scores concerned with harmonies, discords and pauses...I seem now to be able to build up a visual written language that can deal with any experience of sensation. A written page can be remade in the same way that an artist remakes an object. WORDS BECOME OBJECTS." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print from the Nailsworth series depicts a cottage in the town where the author W.H. Davies lived. The latter glowers from the doorway. In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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George Herms was an important artist is the California assemblage movement of the 1960's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Part of the series Interpretations in Art, this book is subtitled "Visual Art and the Critical Tradition." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Dezso illustrated this essay with a black and white scene of a tidal wave breaking over a city. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Amazon.com: Carl Andre (born 1935), the American minimalist artist, is perhaps best known for his grid-based floor sculptures but also for large, outdoor public artworks and small sculptures, poetry and installations. Alistair Rider here shows that it is the materials that he uses to make his works that inspire him - from his controversial bricks to all sorts of metals, found wood, even hay bales, Andre is fascinated by what materials make up the world and presents them for contemplation. Andre's early wood sculptures show the influence of Brancusi, who he had met through their mutual friend Hollis Frampton when a student in the early 1950s. Then towards the end of that decade he shared a studio with Frank Stella and their conversations led to rapid development in his work, when he began using a radial saw to shape his sculptures. Between 1960-4 Andre worked as freight brakeman and conductor in New Jersey for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and focused mainly on writing, including his...

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Illustrations that accompany poems are photographs of structures made from paper clips and rubber bands. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing are the Art Guys. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Andrea Dezso takes the leitmotif of her life - an artist caught between civilizations - and gives it to us in crafted form. The entire body of her work, from the drawings and fragments of her journal, to the cut-out silhouettes, to the ceramic figures, to the needlepoint and kitchenware, is the material for a gigantic story: part fairytale, part diary, part chapter of world history. The total picture is so sad, magical, melancholy and hilarious that it couldn't possibly be true. but it is. Morgan Meis contributes a descriptive essay of Dezso's life and work. The Sackner Archive is listed as holding her pieces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Robert Zend contributed an experimental story "The Key" to this volume. He" emigrated from Hungary to Toronto and became one of Canada's most singular and experimental writers. His works include Zero to One, My Friend Jeronimo, Arbormundi and Beyond Labels. His masterwork, OAB, in two volumes, appeared in 1985, the year he died." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Marge Weber wrote a story illustrated by a page of text and images on a Persian page. She presented it to the Sackners for their 40th anniversary. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover and internet, it is stated that she was born in Rio de Janeiro and is a researcher, visual artist and curator. Her interest in net.art / digital literature started in 1997. She believes that one of the good characteristics of globalization is it allows the exchange of national and international artistic experiences. She lives, loves and believes in net.art and digital literature. So that all her work as artist or curator is done for the web, where she has received prizes and participated of important exhibitions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover and internet, it is stated that Yrik Max Valentonis is a writer and cartoonist who wanders through the urban landscape seeking out fairy circles. He makes puppets so other people can see his imaginary friends. He steals apples to justify his philosophy. His lovely wife is very good natured and humors him. His son is still young enough to not think him weird but his daughter is old enough to recognize just how weird he really is. Keep track of his activities at www.valentonis.com. Yrik says: "Images and writing have always been linked together in a typographical dance across a design layout. Metaphors bring out the poetry in all types of communication. The unexpected juxtapositions of imagery evoke new metaphors based on the reader's experiences. Images are the stage, words are the costume, language is the song -- then reading is the opera." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover, it is stated that Jan Szreniawski creates drawings, paintings, visual poems and collages, he also composes music and takes pictures. He is an author of a collection of tales about dinosaurs and superheroes. The works presented in this chapbook were chosen from three series of artistic creations. Their author likes to take walks as well as to play with other children. He also enjoys reading books and listening to classical music. His favourite composer is Chopin, but he also likes Haydn and Mozart. Jan [about 4 years of age] attends Akademia Malucha kindergarten, famous for its artistic profile. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.