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Visual poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 822 Collections and/or Records:

War Sand, 2010

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-51988-73090
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Warum A. Hitler Doch Ein Kunstler Wurde, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-10641-10850
Scope and Contents

Theme deals with Hitler's career as a failed artist. The portrait of Hitler carried throughout the book is an abstracted image of his two most prominent features, his hairline and moustache. Andryczuk contributes a critical essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Why Banana?, 1982

 Item — Box 322: [Barcode: 31858072490885]
Scope and Contents

list of tour dates for Anna Banana's performances/lectures of 1982, one is a simple typed list, the other is a tour poster

Dates: 1982

Within Borders, 1986

 Item — Folder 67: [Barcode: 31858072538014]
Identifier: CC-27746-28866
Scope and Contents

The Hebrew word for 'Borders' is printed in a large bold calligraphic style in the middle of the print. It is bordered on all four sides by the printed English phrase, "Within borders and boundaries is the freedom of endless possibilities." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Word and Image Equations, 1975

 Item — Box 610: [Barcode: 31858072460862]
Identifier: CC-38360-40260
Scope and Contents

Tom Ockerse writes in his preface to this summer workshop report that "the occurrence of this study in a school of the visual arts is significant in that it deals with a kind of activity which is most often, traditionally, associated with literature. It affirms the view that the word is no longer limited to literary 'domain' and that the visual artist , perhaps through his conventionally less restricted view, can make a most important contribution to the development and understanding of human language."Mention is made of the Jean Brown Archive. A mention is made of the Jean Brown Archive, now in the Getty collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

World Virus Post 1 - A Stampoem for the Ethereal Open Network, 1999

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-37554-39411
Scope and Contents

The stamp depicts the face of a woman with letters overlying it captioned with MomMe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Zeus / Furnival, John; Lumgair, Chris., 1968

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13303-13604
Scope and Contents

The translucent print is a diagram of Mythologic names with Zeus at the center of the chart. This overlays the print on papercard that depicts Zeus within a large "Y" (why?) shaped background preparing to hurl a spear. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Zig Zagando, 1998

 Item — Box 339: [Barcode: 31858072491248]
Identifier: CC-36068-37843
Scope and Contents

The brochures are exhibition catalogues of Bentivoglio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998