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Artist book

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 384 Collections and/or Records:

The Book of Broken Speech / Seille, Genevieve., 1994

 Item — Box 578: [Barcode: 31858072463338]
Identifier: CC-28878-30200
Scope and Contents

The 'pages' consist of seven lengths of string fixed to the inside at the spine onto which have been collaged several fragments of paper with a handwritten word, e.g., clear, their, from, rare, sand, tightly, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

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

The Fundamentals of Psychology, 1989

 Item — Box 130: [Barcode: 31858072457876]
Identifier: CC-25850-26311
Scope and Contents

This book originally published in 1924 by the Macmillan Co. was altered by the the artist into a book object with the shape of a portion of a face including the nose. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The Garden, 1995

 Item — Box 208: [Barcode: 31858072460144]
Identifier: CC-03005-3050

The Golden Age, 1982

 Item — Box 138: [Barcode: 31858072457918]
Identifier: CC-15914-16247
Scope and Contents This work consists mostly of feminist material. According to her web site, Barbara Drucker received her MFA from UCLA, where she is currently the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of the Arts and Architecture and Professor of Painting and Drawing in the Department of Art. From 1996 - 2001 she was the founder/director of The Living Room, an alternative exhibition space in Santa Monica, California. Drucker's art practice includes painting, mixed media installation, sculpture, photography and video. It has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as the Mazzocchi Gallery, Parma, Italy; Academy of Fine Arts, Brescia, Italy; Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria; Kennedy Gallery, Athens, Greece; Bouzianis Gallery, Athens, Greece; Center for Book Arts, New York; and Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA. Her work is also included in numerous public collections such as the Smithsonian Archives of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.; the...
Dates: 1982

The Journal of the Paumonock Traveller, 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-19629-20015
Scope and Contents

Five of the book covers have handcolored painted and/or collage additions. Two of the books have string spines.Sixteen items are listed on the table of contents label.l -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

The Metamorphoses Octet: The Heart of the Immortal, 1996

 Item — Box 63: [Barcode: 31858072538527]
Identifier: CC-28025-29179
Scope and Contents

The title is reflected in the eight open-faced, pop-up, heart shaped pages. Andrew Binder found the metal lower half of the box container which suggested a half of a heart. The book pages are designed to be opened and viewed from the back forward, like a Hebrew book. Each collaged page is intricately engineered and lushly illustrated with drawings of men and women, various flora, hearts marked with Russian text, hands, rib cage, insects, a 3D spiral, sea creatures, and a fish. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

The Mystery of the Magic Box: An Open and Shut Case, 1996

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-31048-32510
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was designed by the first three authors and the exhibition was curated by the last two. Ron Glowin contributed an essay on the art of making art in boxes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

The Sense Books: Nose Book, Tongue Book, Ear Book, Eye Book, Skin Book, 1978 - 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-17402-17767
Scope and Contents

These five books, each relating to one of the senses, are a "tour de force" of book design. They have a playful quality which permits interaction between the reader and the book through unfoldings, pulling apart layered objects, and visual peeks for a fun filled, kinetic experience. The text is replete with puns and cliches. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978 - 1979

The Smallest Book in the World, 2002

 Item — Box 201: [Barcode: 31858072459716]
Identifier: CC-40949-42927
Scope and Contents

The pages consist of a designer alphabet by Reichert. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

The Spheres, No. 1 & 2, 1993

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-06393-6510
Scope and Contents

These drawings were made on pages 12 & 5, and pages 28 & 21 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. Macia related that he was inspired to make these drawings after visiting the Sackner Archive and viewing Tom Phillips' A Humument. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Story of "O", 1985

 Item — Box 192: [Barcode: 31858072459625]
Identifier: CC-12690-12933
Scope and Contents

Each "page" of this book is a round rubber gasket upon which the artist has printed statements beginning with O, e.g. O MY, OOO LA LA, OH WELL. The book is "bound" with a macrame strip. The title also refers to the well-known, erotic French novel with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

To Be Filled, 1987

 Item — Box 152: [Barcode: 31858072459302]
Identifier: CC-25626-26084
Scope and Contents

Pages of the book are sealed together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Tola, 1990

 Item — Box 152: [Barcode: 31858072459302]
Identifier: CC-01602-1637
Scope and Contents

The theme of this book deals with women's lips, eyes, and vagina. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Tomzack, 1997

 Item — Box 121: [Barcode: 31858072458072]
Identifier: CC-28804-30118
Scope and Contents

The pages of this book are rolled on a wooden rod and held in place by a malleable lead sheet stamped with the title, "Tomzack." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

[Torn Telephone Book], 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-32500-34076
Scope and Contents

This is a fragment of a telephone book that Sit (1917-1987) has torn in a progression such that the narrowest page occurs at the beginning, the widest pages toward the middle, and the torn pages narrow at the end. It is reminiscent of the torn pages, artist books by Buzz Spector and Scott McCarney but Sit tears the pages more crudely. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985