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Nicastri, Joe, 1945-

 Person

Staff Only

Nationality

American

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

[Burnt Book], 1995

 Item — Box 193: [Barcode: 31858072459633]
Identifier: CC-05717-5824
Scope and Contents

The scorched, mutilated book wrapped in an incomplete wire grid is Nicastri's visual metaphor for the Holocaust and the Nazi burning of Jewish books. The wooden pine box without nails signifies the Jewish coffin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Joe Nicastri

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  • Subject: Political poetry X