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Neo-Dada

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

Cubist of the Week: Ruth, 2001

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-36458-38252
Scope and Contents

The badge is attributed to Candyass College at the Robert J. Schiffler Foundation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Eighty Days, 1997

 Item — Box 195: [Barcode: 31858072459674]
Identifier: CC-30543-31976
Scope and Contents

The label states that Eighty Days was made during an Australian Visit from June 13 until August 31, 1997. The cloth bag is labeled Networkers are Miners on one side and Fossick Edition on the other. On one of the photocopied sheets within the bag, the meaning of Fossick is given as Australian or New Zealand slang for to rummage or to search. Its contents are 30 works produced by students of the School of Arts at University of Ballarat that explore the themes of mining, minerals and local history of Ballarat, Australia.The case also contains a catalogue entitled "Field Study Australia" documenting international mail art exhibited at the Courthouse Project in Geelong, Australia.The plastic case is a blue color with the Australian flag embossed on its lid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

[Esto No Es Una Pipa/Cap], 1988

 Item — Box 153: [Barcode: 31858072459294]
Identifier: CC-16542-16895
Scope and Contents

Object contains a book on Magritte, a pipe, and a wax foot covered with the word "cap" which means head in Catalan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

fin-de-siècle, 2000

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-35395-37130
Scope and Contents

The round images on the four pages are a backward clock face, Stonehenge, a labyrinth and the earth as seen from space. The pages are attached to the lock handle and the key is in the lock. This is Bart's greeting for the new millenium. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Flotilla, 2000

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-35183-36917
Scope and Contents

The images on the clear acetate sheets are great sailing ships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

For Ruth S., 2015

 Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]
Identifier: CC-61606-10004066

[Heart Sculpture], 1997

 Item — Box 205: [Barcode: 31858072460110]
Identifier: CC-28760-30067
Scope and Contents

Mike Dyar writes on his note that "this was a collaboration between Ray Johnson & myself. He sent me this as a drawing & asked me to sculpt & cast it in plaster." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Hystorian, 1992

 Item — Box 96: [Barcode: 31858072538113]
Identifier: CC-08288-8451
Scope and Contents

The title is a pun on "his;" feminine form; truth elusive. Clio, the muse of history, is the shadow-like figure in the collages. The book containing the collages is supported on the hanger structure. This work was exhibited at the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, January 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

In the Studio, 1997

 Item — Box 209: [Barcode: 31858072460169]
Identifier: CC-30037-31431
Scope and Contents

This is an assortment of works that Collins used in her contributions to mail art periodicals and projects. A fair amount of the work deals with contradictions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

IOU, 1995

 Item — Box 268: [Barcode: 31858072460599]
Identifier: CC-01683-1719
Scope and Contents

The letters IOU are engraved and colored with gold leaf on the polished surface of a jagged piece of granite. The edition size is unlimited. The IOU refers to art objects that were paid for and not delivered at the time to the Sackner Archive. These were subsequently delivered. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

It's In the Box, 1997

 Item — Box 209: [Barcode: 31858072460169]
Identifier: CC-28564-29850
Scope and Contents

The box includes representative booklets, cards, and objects made by Collins, some for other mail art publications. A neck tie has a sewn label, Christian Boltanski (rather than Christian Dior). An accompanying typed pamphlet lists the publication where these works appeared along with the tirage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Lego 50-15, 2010

 Item — Box 331: [Barcode: 31858072490976]
Identifier: CC-51547-72645
Scope and Contents

Beaulieu invited 15 artists and poets to modify the original patent for Lego toys artistically or poetically and assembled the results into this piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Lone Ranger, 1984

 Item — Box 614: [Barcode: 31858072461001]
Identifier: CC-07875-8028
Scope and Contents

This print depicts five eye masks with different configured eye openings and captions. It was exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California, an exhibition curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984