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Political poetry

 Subject

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

(Con)Text, 1996

 Item — Box 621: [Barcode: 31858072461084]
Identifier: CC-47231-49974
Scope and Contents

The book consists of typed phrases reminiscent of Jenny Holzer's approach to art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Cooking the Books, 1987

 Item — Box 607: [Barcode: 31858073143541]
Identifier: CC-24280-24732
Dates: 1987
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 / A / Atkinson, Terry

Cure AIDS, 1993

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-09543-9733
Scope and Contents

The poem object and envelope are heart shaped. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Edward Hutchins

D'Art Board, 1987

 Item — Box 609: [Barcode: 31858073143566]
Identifier: CC-54743-50751
Scope and Contents

The pamphlet provides instructions as to how to set up and play the game. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / John Riddell

Death of a Clown, 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-43081-45132
Dates: 1976
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Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Stephen Morris

Details: closed to open, 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-44736-46902
Scope and Contents

This volume illustrates selections from the Swarthmore College Peace Collection exhibition in the List Art Gallery. It consists of 109 details of hands from 90 photographs in the collection arranged in sequence from the most tightly clenched fist to the most opened hand. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001
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) / Buzz Spector

Details: closed to open, 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-48777-69811
Scope and Contents

This volume illustrates selections from the Swarthmore College Peace Collection exhibition in the List Art Gallery. It consists of 109 details of hands from 90 photographs in the collection arranged in sequence from the most tightly clenched fist to the most opened hand. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001
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) / Buzz Spector

Don't Kill People, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-25622-26080
Dates: 1986
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 / Anonymous

Drawings by the Holbein Family / Andre, Carl., 1960

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-24285-24737
Dates: 1960
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 / A / Andre, Carl

Escape, 1994

 Item — Box 620: [Barcode: 31858072461076]
Identifier: CC-03671-3736
Dates: 1994
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)

Every Goal Negates. Ludwig Feuerbach, 1985

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-11911-12133
Scope and Contents The poem is printed in red with folded paper shaped like an arrow. It was printed on the Second Anniversary of the First Battle of Little Sparta and its slogan relates to Finlay's dispute with the local tax collectors. Wikipedia: Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 "“ September 13, 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist best known for his book The Essence of Christianity, which provided a critique of Christianity which strongly influenced generations of later thinkers, including both Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Feuerbach was the fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, brother of mathematician Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach and uncle of painter Anselm Feuerbach. An associate of Left Hegelian circles, Feuerbach advocated for liberalism, atheism and materialism. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion. His thought was influential in the development of dialectical materialism, where he is often...
Dates: 1985
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 / F / Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Formulazioni Non - A, 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-48786-69820
Scope and Contents

The loose sheet that comprises the text reproduces the pages of the original titled book as approximately 5 cm x 4 cm images of the original book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972
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) / Stelio M. Martini

Freibord: Die Konferenz Von Jalta/The Conference of Yalta (translated by Jean Chopin). No.47-48 / Henri Chopin., 1985

 Item — Box 307: [Barcode: 31858073143616]
Identifier: CC-17029-17385
Scope and Contents

This is the deluxe edition of this periodical. The typed poem is a repetition of the year, '84' with overtyping. The ordinary edition is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985
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) / Henri Chopin

Hapy Hiroshima Day, 1966

 Item — Box 543: [Barcode: 31858072461068]
Identifier: CC-07338-7482
Dates: 1966
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 / L / levy, d.a. / 1966

Hate Rays: You too can help destroy a nation, 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-33861-35532
Original Sackner Archive Location

The mainfesto deals with profanity. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
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 / L / levy, d.a. / 1967

Icccpusauk, 1982

 Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]
Identifier: CC-21798-22209
Dates: 1982
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)

Invitation to Ground Zero & On the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of a Country Wedding, 2003

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-41808-43803
Dates: 2003
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) / William Jay Smith

Just When Did We Go Through the Looking Glass, 1998

 Item — Box 305: [Barcode: 31858072460953]
Identifier: CC-36015-37785
Scope and Contents

The image is a small man in a top hat (mad hatter) holding a sign that states "Just when did we go through the looking glass." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
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)

Kamikaze Butterflies - Cherry Blossom Splinters, 1973

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-11893-12115
Scope and Contents

Finlay combines line images of airplanes with analogies to butterflies and a cherry blossom. This work consists of a folded sheet of light blue, blank tissue paper containing a second, slightly smaller, folded sheet of white tissue paper with line drawings of aeroplanes and text (in blue). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973
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 / F / Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Kibbutz In The Sky, Book II, 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60428-56591
Scope and Contents

This prose poem deals with levy resigned to turning himself in to serve his sentence for the obscenity charge. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
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 / L / levy, d.a. / 1967