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Political poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 262 Collections and/or Records:

Apollo and Daphne and Laurus / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12371-12597
Scope and Contents

These three prints depict the individual figures in the print Apollo and Daphne: Design for a Wall, 1992. Apollo is depicted in a red symbolizing strength whereas Daphne is printed in camouflaged green indicating uncertainty of pastoral serenity. Laurus depicts a silhouette of a green tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Arcadian Gliders, 1981

 Item — Box unknown: [Barcode: 31858073143665]
Identifier: CC-12530-12758
Scope and Contents

Consists of a boxed set of nine papercard model gliders to be cut from the prints. Each glider has been embellished with a military decal of the countries that fought World War II along with the name of a garden plant that has been printed on the rear wing. This was published in an unlimited edition. William Allen comments: Outer box made by the cult small press publisher Brian Lane. Box contains bag of elastic bands, nine silkscreen prints of different Arcadian glider kits and an instruction booklet. "Each airplane is embellished with a military decal and the name of an appropriate common garden feature has been printed on the rear wing. When the airplanes have been constructed, they may either be displayed together as a squadron or, if you have access to a garden, they should be carefully placed in the relevant spot to act as markers or name tags and a pleasing focus of interest for when the flowers are out of season." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Arms Trade, 1996

 Item — Box 608: [Barcode: 31858073143558]
Identifier: CC-28295-29472
Scope and Contents Vamp & Tramp Internet: "Handmade paper from shredded paper currency with rag pulp including clothing from the victims named. Handset types used include Stymie, Clarendon, Baskerville, and Neuland. Metal relief engravings and woodcuts created for the images and printed by John Risseeuw at his Cabbagehead Press in Tempe, Arizona. Signed and numbered by the artist. Risseeuw created a piece about the world arms trade, printed on paper made from clothing of victims of armed conflict and recycled currency from the top 10 arms-exporting nations. John Risseeuw, Content-Specific Handmade Paper in Prints and Artist Books: "I started with an appropriate quote about arms sales, then printed a list of the top ten arms exporting nations between 1990 and 1994. The U.S. was (and is to this day), to my regret, the top exporter by far. I began a list of arms sold as well as some woodcut and engraved images. Inside the piece, the facts continue about the value of arms sold, the list of arms, and...
Dates: 1996

Arrosoir, 1984

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-56034-9999486
Scope and Contents

Arrosoir means watering-can, a still-life depicted on this card. The caption under this image states, "The Robespierrists were guillotined on Arrosoir, Watering-can, in Thermidor, Month of Heat (Republican Calendar, 1792-1806). Baveuf described Robespierre as 'the genius in whom resided truly regenerative ideas...' The image of the watering can is depicted with a black ribbon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Arte e Vida, 1980

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-15875-16208

Aux Hommes, 1969

 Item — Folder 31: [Barcode: 31858072459906]
Identifier: CC-20227-20623
Scope and Contents

This is a preparatory study for a poster announcing the first festival at Ingatestone, England that was published by South Street Publications in 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Aux Hommes: you can no longer agree to live in a world, 1969

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Chopin, Henri: [Barcode: 31858072491297]
Identifier: CC-18690-19063
Scope and Contents

This is an intense political/anti-religious poem decrying extremists in the world that Chopin lists in the poem and characterized them by the statement, "IT IS FORBIDDEN to be the objects of imbeciles: catholicsprotestantsbuddhistmaoiststalinistsocialists...whohaveall agreed to destroy us." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Bad Habits Kit, 1995

 Item — Folder 17: [Barcode: 31858072459765]
Identifier: CC-24124-24576
Scope and Contents

The collage consist of 9 images on a square grid. Except for the center image solely of a warning label on smoking, the other images consist of a label warning on the dangers of suffocation with plastic bags. Four of the latter have fragments of the face of a painted cartoon animal collaged to the labels, a metaphor for stupidity. The other four have a cellophane bag containing cigarettes that spell NOTI = Not I. The collage is one of a series of 8 Unrelated Pieces for the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

BARNARD ED 912 Posters (On Cruelty, No. 1), 1968

 Item — Folder 27: [Barcode: 31858072459864]
Identifier: CC-14145-14450
Scope and Contents

Christian Barnard was the South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful heart transplant. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Beat the Reds with the White Wedge: Correspond!, 1984

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-11909-12131
Scope and Contents

The poem, on folded white paper shaped like an arrow, contains the message printed in red, "Beat the Reds with the White Wedge: Correspond!" This slogan has been modified from El Lissitzky's revolutionary poster, "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge." It refers to an appeal to write in his support regarding his contemporaneous tax dispute. It does not appear to be referenced in the Finlay bibliographies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Biased Analogies, 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-46189-48904
Scope and Contents

The generic letter accompanying this book is directed to a reviewer to read this promotional copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Bicentenary Tricolour , 1989

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-10992-11206
Scope and Contents

The poem on the French tricolor flag reads, "Liberty for Some; Equality for Some; Fraternity for Some" rather than "for All." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Bicentennial Poster: Keep It Up America. No.2., 1976

 Item — Folder 12: [Barcode: 31858069877862]
Identifier: CC-23442-23886
Scope and Contents

The image depicts icons of an erect penis formed by a rolled dollar bill and testes by two half dollar coins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Bogendruck: Vergrossern! Vergrossen die Freude!. No.8/Jul., 1972

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 31858072538063]
Identifier: CC-22803-23238
Scope and Contents

Image taken from a postcard depicting Adolf Hitler in 1936. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Broadside No.9: Germany, 1993

 Item — Folder 73: [Barcode: 31858072538089]
Identifier: CC-34958-36673
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a stylized broken arm with a fractured Swatstika arm band with the hand aflame. The smoke from the fire consists of a political address in 1993 set in bold type by Helmut Kohl, the leader of Germany dealing with solving the world's problems with money. This overlays a text with fainter type dealing with protection of the environment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993