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Gordon, Coco, 1938-

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Il Sogno del Tempo, 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-10278-10481
Scope and Contents

It is mentioned that Gordon's work is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Onion/Union/Rayon, 1983

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-53396-57490
Scope and Contents The writings on the dried onion leaves consist of brief phrases, such as 'magic cloth.' The broadside documents the correspondence between Ray Johnson and Coco Gordon on onion skins beginning in 1981. It appears that the handwriting on the onion skins was done by Ray Johnson.Internet: Coco Gordon, born in Genova, lives and works from her NYC loft and her home in the red rocks of Lyons, Colorado. She emigrated to the United States in 1939. An Intermedia artist/ poet/ performer/ papermaker/ publisher of W Space artist book editions, she is also known as SuperSkyWoman. For the 2001 Venice Biennale Coco contributed her Superskywoman dialog "Forget Coming' to the Markers Project on Via Garibaldi and contributed her performance poem "Homage to the butterfly' to the Bunker Poetry Project at the Artiglierie of the Arsenale.13 SuperSkyWoman dialog posters showed at De Garage, Belgium May3-June 23 2002, curated by Luc Fierens. She has participated in the London and the Istanbul Biennales....
Dates: 1983

Onion/Union/Rayon, 1983

 Item — Box 299: [Barcode: 31858072460888]
Identifier: CC-53397-57491
Scope and Contents

The writings on the dried onion leaves consist of brief phrases, such as 'dildos & other games.' The broadside documents the correspondence between Ray Johnson and Coco Gordon on onion skins beginning in 1981. It appears that the handwriting on the onion skins was done by Ray Johnson. The documentation as to the edition size and number of this copy appears to have been lost. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Visual Writing, 2004

 Item — Box 307: [Barcode: 31858073143616]
Identifier: CC-43594-45672
Scope and Contents

Each participant in this mail art project was given a photograph of the same young woman with the lower half of her face concealed by a mask. They were free to modify it but could not remove the mask. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004