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Trinkewitz, Karel, 1931-2014

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1931 August 23 - 2014 March 14

Nationality

Czech

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Hommage a Kurt Schwitters / Trinkewitz, Karel; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-01397-1430
Scope and Contents

Trinkewitz attached two panels of found papers and papercards from magazines, books and advertisements etc., cut to the size of match book covers, to a board collaged with an undecipherable, linear fragmented text with bold typefaces. These elements include images of Schwitters, Trinkewitz, Kolar, beautiful women, envelopes, receipts, maps, magazine pages, stamps etc. The verso has a signature dated 1984 at the Visual Poetry Conference in Saarbruchen, Germany. A photocopied group photographic portrait depicts Ruth and Marvin Sackner among poets at a visual poetry conference held in Sarrbrucken, West Germany in 1984. This work was exhibited in the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, in January 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Mein Welt ist de Collage / Trinkewitz, Karel., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-01230-1261
Scope and Contents

Photographs in the catalogue depict five collaged beer cans and a large calligraphic ink drawing both of which are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

[Photographs from Saarbrucken Visual Poetry Exhibition] / Trinkewitz, Karel; Higgins D; Sackner MA; Sackner RK; Takahashi S; Ruutsalo E; Dencker KP; Schauffelen KB; Trinkewitz K., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-31104-32570
Scope and Contents

The Sackners were invited to a televised conference for German TV in which the definitions of visual and concrete poetry were discussed in German that lasted hours with no definitive conclusions. The concluding respondent in the conference, Wolfgang Schmidt, gave a wink to the Sackners and replied to the question "What is Visual Poetry" with I...DON'T....KNOW! The event included an exhibition and poetic performances. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Rauchen Verboten / Trinkewitz, Karel., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-01231-1262
Scope and Contents

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing' exhibition. The theme of this work which depicts anatomic illustrations of the lungs, a pack of cigarettes and musical instruments, relates to smoking and its adverse effects on creating music. The box containing the assemblage is collaged with German words having different size typefaces but no specific meaning when read linearly; this is a typical Trinkewitz presentation. The verso contains collaged elements. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Zivot Je Kolaz / Das Leben ist eine Collage / Trinkewitz, Karel ; Weiss C ; Bense M., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-34506-36204
Scope and Contents

Christina Weiss and Max Bense contributed introductory essays for the catalogue. On page 105, a letter from Marvin Sackner to Trinkewitz in 1985 is included in the collage titled "Ehrung fur Andre Breton." The work also includes a sketch of Jiri Kolar packing a work for Marvin Sackner that Trinkewitz made while the Sackners visited Kolar's studio and Karel served as the translator. The brochures, placed separately between several pages, are gallery invitations to exhibitions of Trinkewitz's works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Zivot Je Kolaz; Das Leben ist eine Collage / Trinkewitz, Karel ; Weiss C ; Bense M ; Kolar J ; Havel V ; Manzoni P ; Breton A ; Ray M ; Pound E ; Rushdie S ; Phillips T., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-34087-35767
Scope and Contents

The illustrations in this book document the collage and calligraphic works of Trinkewitz from 1966 - 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

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