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Conceptual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1028 Collections and/or Records:

The Relativity of Language as the Enigma of Art / Frangione, Nicola., 1979

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Identifier: CC-10832-11042
Scope and Contents

All pages are blank and alternate with black and white stock. The rubberstamped message in English and Italian is as follows: "The other side of the medal does not change the specific weight of the award." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

The Royal Road to the Unconscious / Morris, Simon ; Goldsmith K ; Buchler P., 2004

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Identifier: CC-49587-70636
Scope and Contents

Morris states "On Tuesday January 2003, 78 art and design students from York College cut out every word from Sigmund Freud's 736 page book The Interpretation of Dreams (including the index - 339,960 words). As each word was cut from its respective sentence, it was spoken. When cutting from right to left, Sigmund Freud's words were read backwards." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

The Rubicon of Breath (Documentation) / Clausen, Ted., 1993

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Identifier: CC-20618-21020
Scope and Contents

The Rubicon of Breath, held by the Sackner Archive is illustrated and described. This work was commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition in Miami Beach, 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Samo Graffiti / Flynt, Henry ; Basquiat JM., 1991

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Identifier: CC-10803-11013
Scope and Contents

This exhibition documented the photographs of Samo graffiti which appeared in lower Manhatten in 1977-1978. Subsequently it became known that they were the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Al Diaz. The premise of these slogans/poems was that Samo was a brand name drug which provided salvation to those who would take it. This catalogue also mentions that Flynt's work is in the collection of Ruth & Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Snake Scrap Book / Vater, Regina., 1988

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Identifier: CC-00790-809
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts photocopied ancient images of snakes with captions supplied by Vater; the book documents a museum installation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

The Standard Corpus of Present Day English Language Usage arranged by word length and alphabetized within word length 2nd Ed / Ferguson, Gerald., 1978

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Identifier: CC-43065-45112
Scope and Contents

This book was first published in 1970 and consists of the Brown University Million Word Corpus arranged by word length using selected subjects to give 50,000 words. These words, each page with the same word length, were typed onto stencils by Ferguson and constitute this book. The repetitive typing of a single letter of the alphabet is reminiscent of Nannucci's typings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

The Thing, No. 16: Dave Eggers - I Am Your Shower Curtain, 2012

 Item — Box 262: [Barcode: 31858072460516]
Identifier: CC-53544-291298
Scope and Contents

The text printed on the shower curtain reads in part, "I am your shower curtain and I am watching you. The fat that you can be here under this falling water! This as much as any other reason, is why you are here, why you visit, To enjoy this, To feel this. It is good enough. Iti is good enoughto justify every thing else. As told to Dave Eggers October 2011." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

The Thing, No. 17: Shannon Ebner, 2012

 Item — Box 241: [Barcode: 31858072459369]
Identifier: CC-54702-634578
Scope and Contents

The maple syrup was produced by Mike Czok in Braintree Vermont from the trees that grow around his home.The image on the poster is such a tree.The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each isssue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published on a useful object. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

The Water's Breast and ripples / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gunn, Ronald., 1970

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Identifier: CC-11880-12101
Scope and Contents

This depicts a stone sculpture engraved with the title. The calligraphy of the word "ripples" is formed such that it could also be read "nipples." The verso os rubberstamped indicating that Ronald Gunn holds the copyright - it is not depicted in the Finlay book of Prints 1963-1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

The Well-Shaped Phrase as Art / Smith, Roberta; Weiner L., 2007

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Identifier: CC-47372-50116
Scope and Contents

This retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art consists mainly of phrases in large letters by Lawrence Weiner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

This Is Not What It Appears To Be / Olson, Richard., 1984

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Identifier: CC-62418-47557
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

This is What It Appears To Be / Olson, Richard., 1984

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Identifier: CC-62419-47558
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984