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Collins, Patricia (artist)

 Person

Staff Only

Nationality

British

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

For Jean on Her Birthday - A Short-but-Waterproof Book About Swimming, 2000

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Co-Cu: [Barcode: 31858072491354]
Identifier: CC-35705-37456
Scope and Contents

The blue, plastic wrist strap contains a key. The collage consists of six strips of paper with texts and images that give techniques for swimming. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / Oversized A-C

Sea Fever, 2000

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-35104-36832
Scope and Contents

The work deals with ship wrecks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Patricia Collins

The Doctor at Home and Nurse's GuideBook, 1997

 Item — Box 212: [Barcode: 31858072459245]
Identifier: CC-29700-31075
Scope and Contents

The jars simulate anatomic specimen containers. The box is entirely collaged both on its outside and inside with texts from an old medical dictionary or compendium of medical terms. This book object was Collins' response to Marvin Sackner's sending her a copy of the exhibition catalogue, "The Beauty in Breathing." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Patricia Collins