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Aphorism

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Table Talk of Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1985

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-27821-28954
Scope and Contents

This finely printed book consists of a listing of aphorisms such as 1) Vengeance is an act of good faith, 2) Concrete poems were thought childish because they were seen but not heard, 3) Schemes for making a great deal of money usually cost a lot. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World, 1999

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-32222-33777
Scope and Contents

This object was formed from by photocopied hand lettered text in the style Phillips uses for his text based sculptures, where each letter is physically linked to adjacent ones. The photocopied sentence of the title, glued onto the cube is repeated twice on each of its surfaces. The Sackner Archive also holds the hand-drawn maquette for this work. The text is by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World, 1999

 Item — Box 166: [Barcode: 31858072458205]
Identifier: CC-40358-42329
Scope and Contents

For this piece, Tom Phillips lettered the text in the style he used for his text based wall sculptures. Each letter is linked to adjacent ones. The sentence of the title is repeated twice on each surface of the cube. The text is by the philospher Ludwig Wittgenstein.Phillips writes, "The series of cubes began with a cage of wire made for The Globe Theatre's production of A Winter's Tale. A cage of wire words followed to exemplify Wittgenstein's proposition 'The Limits of My Language are the Limits of My World'. Printing this on an acrylic cube where the inside can be seen and, by an oddity of optics, experienced from the outside seemed to unite the reading of a statement with its perception as a metaphor. Reversing the text on the outside in a later version emphasised the trap of language that Wittgenstein describes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World [maquette], 1999

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-32223-33779
Scope and Contents

For this maquette, Tom Phillips hand lettered the text in the style he used for his text based wall sculptures. He marked design changes in small, red symbols. Each letter is linked to adjacent ones. The sentence of the title is repeated twice on each surface of the cube and hand-drawn on each surface of the wooden cube. The maquette is slightly smaller than the finished work that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The text is by the philospher Ludwig Wittgenstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Three Times Jonathan, 1994

 Item — Box 281: [Barcode: 31858072460649]
Identifier: CC-00649-665
Scope and Contents

The facing pages of the books have a text on the right side with a print from a black and white line drawing on the left side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

[Together You Cannot be Broken or Defeated], 2007

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-47503-68500
Scope and Contents

The accompanying sheet retells a story from Doris George regarding her grandfather.

Dates: 2007

Words for the World, 1995

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-09826-10020
Scope and Contents

This a collection of watchwords inprinted on pencils to promote understanding and good will. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995