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Found in 3298 Collections and/or Records:

Textes theoriques Tracts 1960-1974 / Ben ; Cage J ; Young L ; Brecht G ; Isou I ; Lemaitre M ; Klein Y ; Duchamp M ; Kaprow A ; Flynt H ; Johnson R ; Arman., 1975

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Identifier: CC-21977-22389
Scope and Contents

This book consists of critical writings by Ben and interviews with Ben about his philosophy of art. The coveer is collaged wth the handwritten aphorism, "la verite." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Texts #1 / deBoeck, Lieven., 2007

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Identifier: CC-47498-68495
Dates: 2007
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Texture: An Apocalypse of One's Own. No.6 / Susan Smith Nash, editor ; Strangulensis F ; Byrum J ; Selby S ; Ackerman A ; Vassilakis N ; Lipman J ; Berry J ; Bennett JM ; Hill C ; Doctorovich F ; Selby S ; Ganick P ; Beining G ; Andrews B ; Barone D ; Owens R ; Napora J ; Messerli D ; Erickson A ; Glass Jjr ; Brannen J ; Bromige D ; DeWit J ; Leftwich J ; Beckett T ; Green P ; Martin SP ; Burroughs WS ; Bowles P ; Zukofsky L ; Grenier R ; St Thomasino G., 1995

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Identifier: CC-31086-32551
Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals(unprocessed)

The 21 Columns of Language / Leandro Katz., 2010

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Identifier: CC-50744-71822
Scope and Contents These wall texts were from the Reina Sofia Museum exhibition "Encuentros De Pamplona" for the typewriter and scroll sculpture "Word Colmn IV" lent by the Sackner Archive. The original text is dated 11/8/71. The English text is as follows;"Columns or else enumerative lists of words, any or the least utterance, statement of fragment of speech, isolated words chosen at random and therefore not necessarily arranged in alpabetical or other systematic order and in any tense, state, length or form, be it generative, transformational, with or without orthographical errors, comforming to or violating grammatical rules and any other condition of speech, the verbal expression in contrast with action or thought presenting the object to the mind like a picture and composed in sections of text, inscriptions or scriptures approximately 7 feet tall which may accumulate, join, rise and elevate into the depth of the atmosphere of 60 KM and be called THE 21 COLUMNS OF LANGUAGE each one named after a...
Dates: 2010
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

The 21 Columns of Language / Leandro Katz., 2010

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Identifier: CC-50744-71822
Scope and Contents These wall texts were from the Reina Sofia Museum exhibition "Encuentros De Pamplona" for the typewriter and scroll sculpture "Word Colmn IV" lent by the Sackner Archive. The original text is dated 11/8/71. The English text is as follows;"Columns or else enumerative lists of words, any or the least utterance, statement of fragment of speech, isolated words chosen at random and therefore not necessarily arranged in alpabetical or other systematic order and in any tense, state, length or form, be it generative, transformational, with or without orthographical errors, comforming to or violating grammatical rules and any other condition of speech, the verbal expression in contrast with action or thought presenting the object to the mind like a picture and composed in sections of text, inscriptions or scriptures approximately 7 feet tall which may accumulate, join, rise and elevate into the depth of the atmosphere of 60 KM and be called THE 21 COLUMNS OF LANGUAGE each one named after a...
Dates: 2010
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

The Alchemy of Breathing / Laffoley, Paul., 1991

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Identifier: CC-07234-7376
Scope and Contents

This text provides an interpretation of the drawing Laffoley made for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. Laffoley links breathing with spirit, the soul and yoga. The lungs function as alchemy insofar as breathing transforms substance. He relates the first breath and each subsequent breath to a rhythmic interplay of life and death. The lungs as a physical entity are depicted as a labyrinth and their folds are numbered as two Fibonacci series, to emphasize breathing in & out. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

The Alphabetic Labyrinth: The Letters in History and Imagination / Drucker, Johanna ; Fludd R ; Mallarme S ; Marinetti FT ; Zdanevich I ; Abulafia A ; Derrida J ; Gill E ; Maurus H ; Kruchenykh A ; Lissitzky E ; Morris W ; Peignot J ; Picasso P ; Porphyrii PO ; Rimbaud A., 1995

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Identifier: CC-16199-16542
Scope and Contents

Drucker's historical research text traces "the chronology of the discovery of the origins and development [of the alphabet] and the concepts of alphabetical symbolism through the course of human history and tradition." Chapters include the Alphabet's Origins and its place in Classical History, Gnosticism and Hermeticism, Calligraphy and Alchemy, The Kabbalah, Renaissance, 18th Century, 19th Century, and 20th Century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Amphitheatre Engravings of Heinrich Khunrath / Khunrath, Heinrich., 1981

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Identifier: CC-46331-49055
Scope and Contents

Adam McLean contributed an introduction, commentary, and was responsible for the layout and production of this reprint, hand bound book dealing with occult traditions. This is a reprint with translations of a book first published in 1602; the 1602 edition has been offered on the internet for $24,000. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Annotated Snark / Carroll, Lewis ; Gardner M., 1962

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Identifier: CC-16782-17137
Scope and Contents

Introduction and notes by Martin Gardner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1962
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Arches - Selected Poems / Davey, Frank ; Nichol bp., 1980

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Identifier: CC-47321-50064
Scope and Contents

bp Nichol edited and wrote the introductory essay to this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China / Barrass, Gordon S. ; Bing X ; Zedong M., 2002

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Identifier: CC-38859-40784
Scope and Contents

The author describes the calligraphic works and biographies of 25 artists, including Mao Zedong. He classifies them into the following categories: Grand Tradition, Breaking the Mold, Classicists, Modernists, Neo-Classicists, Avant-Garde and Brushmarks of Friendship. This book accompanied an exhibition that was seen by Marvin Sackner at the British Museum. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Art of Interference / Caws, Mary Ann ; Duchamp M ; Lora-Totino A ; Ulrichs T ; Finlay IH ; Arakawa ; Gins M ; Breton A ; Gomringer E ; Ray M ; Jabes E., 1989

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Identifier: CC-19812-20199
Scope and Contents

Consists of a collection of critical essays previously published in academic periodicals. Her chapter, "Edging and Hedging" analyzes concrete poems by Lora-Totino (Spazio), Ulrichs (Eros), Gomringer (Silenzio), and Finlay ( The Wartime Garden). Caws analyzes the varient works of concrete poetry by the Frenchmen Lionel Ray and Edmond Jabes that she designates optical poetry as related to reading of the poems not to their optical imagery as in the typings of Dom Sylvester Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Art of Richard Tuttle / Tuttle, Richard., 2005

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Identifier: CC-44262-46390
Dates: 2005
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

The Art of Writing (by Antonio Sergio Bessa) / Fahlstrom, Oyvind ; Andrade O ; Baudelaire C ; Capogrossi G ; DeCampos A ; DeCampos H ; Finlay IH ; Gomringer E ; Joyce J ; Kelley M ; Kristeva J ; Laing G ; Mallarme S ; Oiticica H ; Pignatari D ; Pound E ; Rauschenberg R ; Solt ME ; Jarry A ; Hayakawa S ; Saussure F ; Bessa AS., 2008

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Identifier: CC-49135-70175
Scope and Contents Amazon.com: "Öyvind Fahlstrom (1928-76), the Brazilian-born Swedish multi-artist, is one of the mid-twentieth century's most intriguing cultural figures. His work, as profoundly political as it is aesthetic, spans two tumultuous decades in the avant-garde world and comprises concrete poetry (his own innovation), manifestos, plays, multiple prints, installations, sound poems, sculpture, and even architecture. Initially poorly received in Sweden and little appreciated in the English-speaking world, Fahlstrom is now increasingly recognized as an important figure in the world of art, with his work"”especially his witty collages and interactive "games," his photomontages and mini-installations"”being shown around the globe. The first study to give this major twentieth-century artist his due, this book serves as both an informative and entertaining introduction to Öyvind Fahlstrom and a valuable critical analysis of some of his most important works. The five works Bessa focuses on are...
Dates: 2008
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Art of Xu Bing: Words without Meaning, Meaning without Words / Bing, Xu., 2001

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Identifier: CC-43911-46020
Scope and Contents This book was published to coincide with an exhibition at the Sackler Gallery. Library Journal: "At the culmination of his art career in China, Xu Bing (who now lives in the West) spent months inventing more than 1200 characters that mimic Chinese characters but have no known meaning. At once familiar and strange, they evoke confusion, wonderment, and even hostility in viewers. Xu Bing printed them in books with traditional formats, on wall posters, and on giant billowing sheets, which he installed in exhibition galleries to form a ceiling or sky. He cagily argues that any explanation of his art is superfluous because the books have no meaning. However, while the books themselves may be unreadable, they have a great deal to say about what their creator thought about Chinese art and culture after the Cultural Revolution. Issued in conjunction with his current exhibition at the Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian, this catalog describes the artist's early years in China and his...
Dates: 2001
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

The Art Press: Two Centuries of Art Magazines / Fawcett, Trevor, editor ; Phillpot, Clive, editor ; Walker J., 1975

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Identifier: CC-25062-25515
Scope and Contents

This book consists of essays published on the occasion of the International Conference on Art Periodicals and exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. It includes an excellent listing of 19th and 20th century art periodicals. The book is also designated Art Documents Number One. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Arts of Alasdair Gray, 1991

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Identifier: CC-33910-35582
Scope and Contents

This book consists of 12 critical texts about the life, art, and literary works by Gray as compiled and edited by Robert Crawford and Thom Nairn. The facing page of the title page depicts a self portrait drawing by Gray rendered in visual poet terms. Four paintings are also reproduced as plates in addition to small drawings scattered throughout the book. There is marginalia from the previous owner -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

The Arts of the New Mentality / Higgins, Dick, editor., 1967 - 1968

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Identifier: CC-41580-43570
Dates: 1967 - 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs (unprocessed)

The Atlas of Experience / Van Swaaij, Louise ; Klare, Jean ; David Winner, translator., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35737-37491
Scope and Contents This book of imaginative maps surveys a shared world of thoughts and emotions. The atlas is based on traditional cartography, but substitutes the names of cities, rivers and seas for concepts, feelings and everyday experiences. There are 21 maps with names such as secrets, knowledge, home, health, passion and chaos. The book was initially published in Dutch in 1999. According to the publisher, "while adhering to the conventions of cartography, this atlas invites the traveler to follow routes through familiar-looking topography into hitherto uncharted realms of imagination, ideas, feelings and experience. Cradled by the Ocean of Possibilities, the Sea of Plenty and Still Waters, this strangely familiar place has its capital Boom, its airports Escape and Freedom. It encompasses beautiful regions like the Peninsular of Pleasure as well as desolate wastes such as the Swamps of Boredom and the Bay of Melancholy. Then again there are the well-known Mountains of Work and the Safe Harbour...
Dates: 2000
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Avant-Garde Today / Russell, Charles, editor ; Acker K ; Apollinaire G ; Aragon L ; Arp J ; Artaud A ; Baader J ; Ball H ; Baudelaire C ; Boccioni U ; Brecht B ; Breton A ; Burroughs WS ; Cage J ; Carra C ; Cortazar J ; Dali S ; DeVree P ; Derrida J ; Eluard P ; Ernst M ; Federman R ; Gass W ; Gomringer E ; Grosz G ; Hausmann R ; Herzfelde W ; Hoch H ; Huelsenbeck R ; Cabrera-Infante G ; Ionesco E ; Janco M ; Jandl E ; Jarry A ; Joyce J ; Kamensky V ; Kafka F ; Kristeva J ; Magritte R ; Mallarme S ; Masson A ; Mayakovsky V ; Mayrocker F ; Murdoch I ; Musil R ; Paz O ; Peret B ; Picasso P ; Ray M ; Rimbaud A ; Roche D ; Roche M ; Ruhm G ; Russolo L ; Sarduy S ; Severini G ; Sollers P ; Sukenick R ; Tzara T ; Valery P ; Yeats W., 1985

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Identifier: CC-54080-614301
Scope and Contents After introducing the theory and historical background of the avant-garde, this book examines the major figures and movements from Rimbaud, Apollinaire, and Italian Futurism, through Dada and surrealism, Mayakovsky, Russian Futurism and Brecht, to the post-modernist writers Burroughs, Robbe-Grillet, and Pynchon. This book also includes a section of political poetry such as "The Future of Socialism" by Helmut Heissenbuttel below.nobody exploitsnobody oppressesnobody is exploitednobody is oppressednobody wins anythingnobody loses anythingnobody is masternobody is slavenobody is superiornobody is subordinatenobody owes anything to younobody does anything to younobody owns nothingnobody exploits nobodynobody oppresses nobodynobody is exploited by nobodynobody is oppressed by nobodynobody wins nothingnobody loses nothingnobody is master of nobodynobody is slave of nobodynobody is superior to nobodynobody is subordinate to nobodynobody owes anything to nobodynobody does anything to...
Dates: 1985
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

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