In this short video, Margaret Gamm, Head of Special Collections and co-curator of the Sackner Archive exhibition in the Main Library Gallery, gives insight about the correspondence between Marvin and Ruth Sackner and the artists whose work they admired, commissioned, and joyfully collected. The personal correspondence archive within the Sackner Archive is something of a roadmapContinue reading “Sackner Archive: Building a ‘Home Sweet Museum’”
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Sackner Archive: Hanne Darboven’s Mathematical Art
In this short video, Peter Balestrieri, curator of popular culture and science fiction in Special Collections and co-curator of the Sackner Archive exhibition in the Main Library Gallery, shares his take on work by German poet artist Hanne Darboven (1941 – 2009). The featured work from 1973, Kunst und Pangeometrie, appears in the Fall 2020Continue reading “Sackner Archive: Hanne Darboven’s Mathematical Art”
Sackner Archive: An Iowa Author, A World View
By Timothy Shipe Curator, International Dada Archive Co-Curator, Sackner Archive exhibition Mary Ellen Solt is the only poet in the Sackner Archive exhibition who is also part of the UI Libraries’ Iowa Authors Collection. Born in 1920 in Gilmore City, Iowa, Mary Ellen Bottom graduated from Iowa State Teachers College (now UNI) in 1941. She married Leo F.Continue reading “Sackner Archive: An Iowa Author, A World View”
Sackner Archive: Poets as Dissidents
By Timothy Shipe Curator, International Dada Archive Co-Curator, Sackner Archive exhibition In former Czechoslovakia, concrete poets were at the heart of dissident movements seeking to reform or overthrow the Communist regime. Two of these poets are included in the Czech section of our exhibition. Continue reading “Sackner Archive: Poets as Dissidents”
Sackner Archive: Merz, Schwitters, Art
Timothy Shipe, curator of the International Dada Archive and co-curator of the Sackner Archive exhibition in the Main Library Gallery, has some stories to share about poet artist Kurt Schwitters and his Merz publications in this new video. Merz no. 2 appears in the Fall 2020 Main Library Gallery exhibition. Objects on display in SacknerContinue reading “Sackner Archive: Merz, Schwitters, Art”
Remarkable Artistry: Sackner Archive in the Main Library Gallery
The Main Library Gallery at the University of Iowa Libraries recently opened Sackner Archive, an exhibition featuring select pieces from the world-renowned Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry. Founded by Ruth and Marvin Sackner in 1979 in Miami Beach, Florida, the Archive has always combined the couple’s great appreciation for art and wordsContinue reading “Remarkable Artistry: Sackner Archive in the Main Library Gallery”
Virtual exhibition: ‘The Pull of Horses’
While The Pull of Horses on National and Local Histories and Identities, curated by Dr. Kim Marra and Mark Anderson, is no longer on display in the Main Library Gallery, a virtual celebration of the Spring 2020 exhibition is available online! Learn more about the exhibit here, and find a link to explore the online contentContinue reading “Virtual exhibition: ‘The Pull of Horses’”
Digital Scholarship and ‘The Pull of Horses’ Exhibit
Article by Mark Anderson, Digital Scholarship & Collections Librarian, Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio. In 2016, University of Iowa Professor Kim Marra answered a call that the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio made to University of Iowa faculty to “Get Digital with Your Scholarship”. Kim arrived at the Studio with a portfolio of horse-themedContinue reading “Digital Scholarship and ‘The Pull of Horses’ Exhibit”
Downtown Iowa City’s Horsey History
Along with our ancestors, horses helped build Iowa City, the state, and the nation. In the process, they profoundly shaped human identities. The current Main Library Gallery exhibition, The Pull of Horses on National and Local Histories and Identities, explores the physical and social impact of these huge, powerful animals by screening on aContinue reading “Downtown Iowa City’s Horsey History”
The Sharing of Ideas and Making of Artwork: ‘Rising Together | Protest in Print’
The Main Library Gallery’s current exhibition, Rising Together | Protest in Print, features a few historic examples of protest from Special Collections at the University of Iowa Libraries. Along with these pieces, such as Thomas Paine’s famous 1776 pamphlet entitled Common Sense (x-Collection 973.3 P14c), more contemporary expressions of protest are also present. One of these booksContinue reading “The Sharing of Ideas and Making of Artwork: ‘Rising Together | Protest in Print’”