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Visual/verbal

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:

Ce Jour La On N'avait Rien A Faire On A Fait Un Livre, 1968

 Item — Box 335: [Barcode: 31858072491040]
Identifier: CC-21090-21499
Scope and Contents

Most of the collage elements are circular reinforcements for the holes of loose leaf pages in varied colors -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Cries of Poindexter Village, 1980

 Item — Box 127: [Barcode: 31858072458296]
Identifier: CC-03692-3758
Scope and Contents

The text appears to be an autobiographical account of the artist's youth. All leather work, including tanning, was done by the artist. Aminah Robinson (1940-2015) has also signed some of the books in this production with her given name, Brenda Lynn Robinson. Robinson, who received a MacArthur prize, had a major retrospective exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum 2006. This piece was in the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Das heruest hommage à i kant, 1978

 Item — Box 280: [Barcode: 31858072460631]
Identifier: CC-27986-29137
Scope and Contents

The cards deal with building scaffolds. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Death, 1982

 Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]
Identifier: CC-22220-22642
Scope and Contents

Consists of a collage, a drawing and several magic marker pens attached. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Desert Storm/Desert Sand, 1991

 Item — Box 610: [Barcode: 31858072460862]
Identifier: CC-05570-5677
Scope and Contents

This bookwork emphasizes the major role of television in the conduct of the Gulf War. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Elf Mal vom Schwarz, 1995

 Item — Box 290: [Barcode: 31858072460698]
Identifier: CC-24174-24626
Scope and Contents

The theme of this collection deals with the cancelling of text or partially concealing text with black colored paint. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Essaying Wanda 1978-1990 Volume Three, 1990

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Crozier, Robin: [Barcode: 31858072491362]
Identifier: CC-19632-20018
Scope and Contents

Book consists of a visual/verbal collaboration between Crozier and his student, Robert Kelly. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Essaying Wanda 1978-1990 Volume Two, 1990

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Crozier, Robin: [Barcode: 31858072491362]
Identifier: CC-19631-20017
Scope and Contents

Book consists of a visual/verbal collaboration between Crozier and his student, Robert Kelly. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Execution, 1987

 Item — Box 153: [Barcode: 31858072459294]
Identifier: CC-00522-535
Scope and Contents

The spine of the book in this composition, which has been altered to the appearance of a Guillotine, is entitled "Creative Aggression." This work was exhibited at the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, January 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Fiestaware, 1985

 Item — Box 623: [Barcode: 31858072461100]
Identifier: CC-29520-30887
Scope and Contents

The cover and each page depict a photograph of female nude collaged with components of industrial machines tools that are placed in strategic positions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Flat Out, 1990

 Item — Box 119: [Barcode: 31858072460813]
Identifier: CC-05374-5477
Scope and Contents

Words and images printed in phosphorescent ink glow in the dark with the ultraviolet lamp. The story relates to the falling of the sky from hydrocarbon to waste. The earth is burned and most of the people channel up through the jagged holes. Bucko, a dyslexic nomad, one of the few people left, comes out at night and collects part of the sky. He hopes to recreate what once was. The pages spiral out. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990