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The author states that Boshoff's typewriter, concrete poetry book entitled "KykAfrikaans" is one of the most remarkable books ever published in South Africa. Twelve pages of this book deal with the making of "KykAfrikaans" along with representative images. The published book as well as the original typings are held by the Sackner Archive. Vladislavic also describes and provides reproductions of Kleinpen I and Bangboek. The former is held in its entirety by the Sackner Archive; for the latter, one original page, photocopied pages of the remainder, and the code decipher are held by the Sackner Archive. In the postscript essay, Ivan Vladsilavic declares, "In recent years, Boshoff has become one of South Africa's most visible, successful artists. This has awakened interest in his early works, such as KykAfrikaans and Bangboek, which have been shown internationally after long obscurity. He continues to make dictionaries." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is the catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of Boshoff's work. Boshoff writes that his inspiration for concrete poetry was his passion for crossword puzzles. Boshoff writes (page 23) in an lengthy biographical interview with Warren Siebrits the following: In early 1996, I visited the book artist Robbin Silverberg taking with me a silkscreen print of a poem from KYKAFRICAANS to thank her for the hospitality and kindness she showed me. She didn't seem to like it very much, and suggested we take it to show to the artist book dealer Toni Zwicker.Toni was already quite elderly, but it was amazing to see how excited she became about this work from KYKAFRICAANs that I has made 15 years earlier. As it happened, the great American collector, Marvin Sackner, from Miami, visited Toni's home while we were there. He became so enthusiastic that he decided on the spot to buy the original manuscript of the 99 A4 typed pages that constitute KYKAFRICAANS, and invited us to go and visit him...