Silence (Block Poem), 1975. Autograph manuscript poem in Italian accompanied on each leaf by two rectangular collages of text in non-Roman alphabets covered by gauze.
Description:
Luciano Caruso (1944-2002) was an Italian experimental poet, editor, and art critic based in Naples until 1976 and in Florence thereafter. He was a prominent practitioner of Italian visual poetry ("poesia visiva").
Subject (Name):
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
Subject (Topic):
Experimental poetry, Italian--20th century, Poets, Italian--20th century, and Visual poetry, Italian--20th century
Visual poem opposing the Vietnam War, signed by the author, consisting of a collage of words and images cut or torn from newspapers and magazines, glued on newsprint background and mounted on cardboard.
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Eugenio Miccini (1925-2007) was a poet and artist based in Florence, Italy, a leading figure of Italian visual poetry ("poesia visiva"), and a founder of the avant-garde collective Gruppo '70.
Subject (Name):
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
Subject (Topic):
Experimental poetry, Italian--20th century, Poets, Italian--20th century, Political poetry--20th century, Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Poetry, and Visual poetry, Italian--20th century