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Exhibition was curated by Scott Watson who also wrote the introductory essay for the catalog. The paintings in this exhibition consisted of one or two words formed from treated paper with heated chemicals. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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There are four stacks of moveable leaflets like a roladex file that move randomly with electric power to form minimalist poems. The rearrangement of the words can also be accomplished by turning one of the two knobs brought out to the side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page has a single different rubberstamped word in large bold type with capital letters. There does not seem to be a theme connecting these words. The colored woodblock prints on the fold-out depict abstract imagery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page has a single different rubberstamped word in large bold type with capital letters. There does not seem to be a theme connecting these words. The colored woodblock prints on the fold-out depict abstract imagery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page has a single different rubberstamped word in large bold type with capital letters. There does not seem to be a theme connecting these words. The colored woodblock prints on the fold-out depict abstract imagery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page has a single different rubberstamped word in large bold type with capital letters. There does not seem to be a theme connecting these words. The colored woodblock prints on the fold-out depict abstract imagery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Deals with the artist's consideration of the environment and personal artistic language. Internet: Bilge Friedlaender, 65, a Turkish-born artist known for combining natural materials into delicate arrangements and renderings, died of brain cancer in April 2000 in Istanbul.Mrs. Friedlaender, who lived in Germantown during the years she worked and taught in Philadelphia, had her pastel drawings, two-dimensional wall hangings, abstract sculptures, and minimalist installations exhibited at several venues in the region. They included Old City galleries, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Beaver College, Moore College of Art and Design, and the Horticultural Center and Arboretum in Fairmount Park. She had solo exhibitions in New York; Boston; Kyoto, Japan; and Istanbul. Her work also was shown as part of group exhibitions in several cities, including Washington and Munich, Germany. Mrs. Friedlaender was an assistant professor who taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1983...

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All the poems in this book are printed with a red colored typeface. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Also designated in "Curvd H&Z" series as No.94 and in "One Cent Series" as No.59. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem reads as a column, 1978 1979 1980 1981 198| with the final digit a scribble rather than 1982. The poem is also designated Curvd H&Z No.51 and pomez a penny #31. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Some of the poems, one to a page, demonstrate word play through alteration of a single letter, e.g., 'artistic - autistic,' and 'games of slaughter - games of laughter.' Also designated Curvd H&Z No.37.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem reads, DDT - ddt. It is also designated Curvd H&Z No.38 and pomez a penny #21. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem reads 'POST-TU-LATE.' T his is the 2nd edition of a poem first published by Ganglia 1969. Also designated pomez a penny #37 and Curvd H&Z #59. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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his image was printed by Brice Marden. Saroyan received a $5,000 grant from NEA to produce this print and FOUR other minimalist, concrete poems. This grant prompted William Proxmire, senator from Wisconsin, to award his Golden Fleece Award to the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the most outrageous examples of slap-your-forehead misappropriations. In his book "an/thology of pwoermds" Geof Huth writes the following: "I began to write pwoermds after becoming entranced by Saroyan's eyeye. The simple beauty of that poem haunted me, even though (and maybe because) the poem began as a typographical error of Saroyan's and it took a friend of his to point out to him its signficance (Solt, Concrete Poetry, 57)." This print was redone in 1989 as a silkscreen orint in 1989 in an edition of 150 with a priceof $1,000 on the internet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book contains minimalistic poems that frequently are associated with geometric images, squares and lines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.