HARRIET BART:
An Inventory of Her Winter Pojects Collection of
Object Poems at the Minnesota Historical Society
Books and Periodicals
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| Creator: |
Bart, Harriet.
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| Title: | Winter projects collection of object
poems by Harriet Bart, 1990-2010. |
| Dates: | 1990-2010. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | "The Winter Projects are an accumulation of twenty-one small
objects and books. They were created annually over a period of 20 years ... Each
Winter Project is a multiple made in an edition of 60 or 70 ... The creative
challenge was to transform mundane bits and pieces into small visual object/poems. I
thought of each project as an act of imagination with a Fluxus “do it yourself”
aesthetic. In retrospect I see that the Winter Projects are reflections of my larger
studio projects and events in my life. Together, they comprise a kind of
autobiography by object." --Artist's statement from Harriet Bart website.
Accompanied by a thank you note from the artist to Patrick Coleman, curator for the
Minnesota Historical Society; and a catalog for an exhibition of the items at the
Walker Art Center Library December 15, 2010-February 15, 2011. |
| Quantity: | 20 pieces + 1 catalog (1 volume
(unpaged) : illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 note (1 folded sheet ; 88 mm) |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Winter projects collection of object poems by Harriet Bart, 1990-2010.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Processing Information:
Processed by: Staff; Dave Ehasz, June 2024
Catalog ID number: 9989859540104294
MHS collection lacks one of the twenty-one projects.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Architexts. 1990. |
| | | | "My first 'editioned' book, made from photocopies of my larger charcoal
drawings and printed at Kinkos. Cover art from found
bookplate."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | A story about the body. 1991. |
| | | | "Based on a short story by Robert Hass and conceived while I was a
resident fellow at MacDowell Colony. Inspired by a friends illness, the
subject is breast cancer."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Elements. 1993. |
| | | | "Based on a wall drawing and installation from the exhibition Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word at Dolly
Fitterman Fine Arts, exploring the alchemical elements of
transformation. The glass vials contain lead, fire, gold, poetry,
pollen, builder's chalk, iron filings."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Found poetry I. 1994. |
| | | | "Found stone, gold leaf, sliced sheet music."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| | | Abracadabra. 1995. |
| | | | "Late 17th-century mystical word used as a charm to ward off
illness."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Found poetry II. 1996. |
| | | | "Child's wood block with mathematical symbols, gold leaf, collaged
dictionary text, cut book pages, contained in a cloth mailing
pouch."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Long life and measured days. 1997. |
| | | | "Hourglass timer, red tape measure, shredded paper money."--Exhibition
catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Pencil icon. 1998. |
| | | | "A text-wrapped pencil presented as an icon of the written
word."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Demeter waits/Persephone pines. 1999. |
| | | | "Inspired by the myth of Demeter (Queen of the Fertile Earth) and her
daughter Persephone (Queen of the Underworld). This is from my research
on agricultural myths for an outdoor sculpture and gallery installation
at the Weisman Art Museum (1996)."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Fin de siècle. 2000. |
| | | | "A small lead-covered book containing images of a clock face, Stonehenge
circle, labyrinth, planet Earth - held together by a padlock and
key."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Fragile. 2001. |
| | | | "Wood box containing a hollow egg covered with gold leaf on a nest of
dried moss, a small square of red silk antique kimono cloth, a fragment
of a poem by Wendell Berry printed on paper ... This piece is a talisman
of hope and a reminder of our fragility."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Concrete poem. 2002. |
| | | | "An object/poem. Found objects and words fitted into a ready-made plastic
box."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Little snail. 2003. |
| | | | "A gold leaf snail shell containing a paper scroll, printed with a haiku,
sits on a bed of shredded paper money in a lidded plastic jar. Haiku by
Issu."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Sparkling revelations. 2004. |
| | | | "Glass rod with deconstructed press-on letters, wrapped in a paper
scroll. If the first and last letters of a word are accurate, the rest
of the letters can be scrambled in any order and the word is still
readable."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Winter mandala. 2005. |
| | | | "+ shaped glass connector from a research lab in a glass-topped,
disk-shaped aluminum tin filled with glass shards. Shimmers like a newly
fallen snow. Based on a large installation using shards of glass for the
Indianapolis Art Center."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Reflections. 2006. |
| | | | "Silver-gray, disk-shaped compact with mirrored interior containing a
mylar disk printed with the work "REFLECT," which is then mirrored as
the viewer sees himself/herself."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Still life. 2007. |
| | | | "The smallest installation I've ever done. The red satin pouch contains
several components -- among them an inventory of object, installation
instructions, and a printed paper installation base."--Exhibition
catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Liberian grandfather's story. 2008. |
| | | | "A Liberian tale told to me by my father's hospice nurse as he lay dying.
The aluminum tube contains a bundle of several sticks gathered in the
woods of Northern Minnesota and tied together with hemp. The story is
printed on handmade paper that wraps around the bundled
sticks."--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Seeing red. 2009. |
| | | | "Inspired by Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention
in St. Paul, MN. 'The only difference between a pit bull and a
hockey-mom is lipstick.' The red-tipped bullet is the lipstick. I call
the shade of red 'pit bull.'"--Exhibition catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Past imperfect. 2010. |
| | | | "fini, a summation: Altered book from a previous installation. CD
envelope containing a gray felt disc with lyrics from 'Anthem' by
Leonard Cohen, printed in a spiral ... On the back of the envelope is a
chronology of the Winter Projects from the last 20 years."--Exhibition
catalog. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Winter projects : 1990 object poems 2010. 2010. |
| | | | Catalog for an exhibition of the items at the Walker Art Center Library December 15, 2010-February 15, 2011. |
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| Location | |
| RESERVE N7433.4.B377 W56 1990 | | |
| | | Thank you card. Undated. |
| | | | Thank you note from the artist to Patrick Coleman, curator for the
Minnesota Historical Society. |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Persons:
- Coleman, Patrick K., 1952-
- Organizations:
- Walker Art Center. Library.
- Topics:
- Artists' books--Minnesota--Specimens.
- Altered books--Minnesota--Specimens.
- Document Types:
- Artists' books.
- Altered books.
- Poetry.
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