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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2614 Collections and/or Records:

The Final Results of Pyschoanalytic Treatment / Lum, M.M.., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-31154-32622
Scope and Contents

In this creative bookwork, Lum altered a standard text by substituting words and word fragments in many of the sentences in the original book. Other languages were also introduced as were highlighted texts and handwritten images. These were then printed as another book that is this entry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The First Twilight / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09034-9211
Scope and Contents

The words of Martin Luther King in this poem relate to the first bombing of the Gulf War on the same day as King's birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Flight into Egypt: Binding the Book / Ely, Timothy ; Clay S., 1995

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Identifier: CC-14318-14626
Scope and Contents

This book is a trade edition facsimile of an original book (1985) made and held by Ely based on the notebook of the artist's grandfather written on a trip to Egypt in 1928. Ely created this stunning book with his personal language, maps, charts, continents and astrological/hieroglyphic symbols. The Sackner Archive holds several of Ely's original bookworks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Flip-Flop Reader / Ledson, Sidney., 1975

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Identifier: CC-30047-31441
Scope and Contents

This book is slightly ripped in the top center so that is actually flops when held. The pages are divided in half and are to be flipped to complete the sentences, as in a student's work book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

The Fundamentals of Psychology, 1989

 Item — Box 130: [Barcode: 31858072457876]
Identifier: CC-25850-26311
Scope and Contents

This book originally published in 1924 by the Macmillan Co. was altered by the the artist into a book object with the shape of a portion of a face including the nose. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The Garden, 1995

 Item — Box 208: [Barcode: 31858072460144]
Identifier: CC-03005-3050
Scope and Contents

This is the 2nd edition of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Golden Age, 1982

 Item — Box 138: [Barcode: 31858072457918]
Identifier: CC-15914-16247
Scope and Contents This work consists mostly of feminist material. According to her web site, Barbara Drucker received her MFA from UCLA, where she is currently the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of the Arts and Architecture and Professor of Painting and Drawing in the Department of Art. From 1996 - 2001 she was the founder/director of The Living Room, an alternative exhibition space in Santa Monica, California. Drucker's art practice includes painting, mixed media installation, sculpture, photography and video. It has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as the Mazzocchi Gallery, Parma, Italy; Academy of Fine Arts, Brescia, Italy; Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria; Kennedy Gallery, Athens, Greece; Bouzianis Gallery, Athens, Greece; Center for Book Arts, New York; and Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA. Her work is also included in numerous public collections such as the Smithsonian Archives of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.; the...
Dates: 1982

The Good Life [Bliss in the Hills] / Valicenti, Rick., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30322-31731
Scope and Contents

The perforated, translucent paper pages alternate with colored pages of domestic scenes including strange, sci-fi creatures. The text uses "dirty" typography after the style of Ed Fella. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Gosh of Goshes / Jack A. Hirschman., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09195-9376
Scope and Contents

This is an affectionate love poem with abstract painted embellishments in a book object that is an unfolding construction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Gospel According to Smith / Edgar, Anne; Smith K., 1984

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Identifier: CC-13370-13671
Scope and Contents

Structure of the Visual Book by Keith Smith is reviewed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

The Gospel of Jesus Christ According to John and Romans / Leftwich, Jim., 1998

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Identifier: CC-33047-34672
Scope and Contents

Leftwich overlayed colored, handwritten markings and colored, rubberstamped abstract shapes on each page of a previously published, double column, Biblical textbook. He placed loose sheets between each page and made abstract writings down the vertical center of the sheet. The inside and outside of the front and back covers have also been covered with abstract writings and rubberstampings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

The Grazer / Barrett, Martha Barron ; Strong, Peggy Heigold., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27696-28785
Scope and Contents

The text deals with people "grazing" through life in terms of goals, careers, and fulfillment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

The Hand Correspondence: Mirror Error / Golden, Alise., 1990

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Identifier: CC-10253-10456
Scope and Contents

This is one of a series of three books; the others are entitled, "Paper Has A Memory" and "Voyeur." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990