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Calligraphic text

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 419 Collections and/or Records:

Exilee - Temps Morts: Selected Works, 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-50291-71358
Scope and Contents Murray Media: In her radical exploration of cultural and personal identity, the writer and artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha sought 'the roots of language before it is born on the tip of the tongue'. Her first book, the highly original postmodern text "Dictee", published in 1982, is considered a classic work of autobiography and is widely read by students internationally. This stunning selection of her uncollected and hitherto unpublished work at last brings together Cha's writings and text-based pieces with images spanning the period between 1976 and 1980. The volume includes two related poem sequences, "Exilee and Temps Morts", major texts incorporating autobiographical elements as well as themes of language, memory, displacement, and alienation - issues that continue to resonate with artists decades after Cha explored them. These moving works give a fuller view of the creative nexus out of which "Dictee" emerged and attest to the singular literary achievement of a major figure in...
Dates: 2009

Facit Saltus, 1967

 Item — Folder 81: [Barcode: 31858072460029]
Identifier: CC-05444-5547
Scope and Contents

Depicts a grainy photographic image of a full-figured man apparently suspended in mid-air during a vertical jump with a caption in a made-up language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Fantastique Journée, 1984

 Item — Box 186: [Barcode: 31858072459567]
Identifier: CC-25887-26348
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2 in San Opispo, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

/ Faund Saund Pouem /, 1967

 Item — Box 635: [Barcode: 31858072464757]
Identifier: CC-17698-18067
Scope and Contents

This is a collage that was printed in Kurrirrurriri, Writers Forum 1967. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Fish, 1999

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: A-Ba: [Barcode: 31858072491164]
Identifier: CC-33570-35223

Five Fore-and-Afters, 1978

 Item — Box 190: [Barcode: 31858072459609]
Identifier: CC-12905-13196
Scope and Contents

Five names of ships and the names of their ports have been written in green color with a traditional calligraphic style. *WEB 1998: Publisher's name misspelt. Date wrong -- should be 1978. Sackner: corrected. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Flyer, 2001

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: A-Ba: [Barcode: 31858072491164]
Identifier: CC-35821-37581
Scope and Contents

A winged torso, surrounded by text, dominates the right side of the drawing. The larger left portion contains images of a fish, an owl, a bent figure with a winged hat, two directional wingd guages, an elongated building, and Russian cursive handwriting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

foam fell, 1996

 Item — Box 327: [Barcode: 31858072490943]
Identifier: CC-60775-10003629
Scope and Contents

Taken from the Archive of O!!Zone 1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Fragment, 2000

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-35651-37398
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts two red coffee cups and a stylized black turban or helmut surrounded by text. The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Fragment, 2000

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-35656-37405
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts a decorated jug in the center surrounded by text and partial renditions of the jug at the top and bottom. The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Fragment N4, 2000

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-35041-36762
Scope and Contents

This depicts a still life of jugs surrounded by words. The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Fragment No.2, 2000

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-35044-36766
Scope and Contents

This depicts two still lifes of mugs, a slipper, and a hat (?) on a table surrounded by words. The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Fragment No.3 , 2000

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-35043-36765
Scope and Contents

This depicts a still life of mugs, drapes, and a hat (?) surrounded by words. The paper was made from cardboard egg crate carton material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Front Lines, 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-41945-43941
Scope and Contents

Also designated Pocket Poets Series No.55. Agnetta Falk contributed a calligraphic visual portrait rendering of Hirschman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002