Ray Johnson
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.30 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1944929118 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this compendium, which brings together scores of Johnson's witty collages and drawings, often incorporating iconic figures from the 20th century, as well as other ephemera from Johnson's estate, the artist is revealed to be a pioneer of both Pop and Fluxus aesthetics.--David Ebony -Art in America -
Gave this 5 stars because I just love Ray Johnson so much William Jasper Gave this 5 stars because I just love Ray Johnson so much. Not regretting my purchase, I have money and dot mind spending it on things I enjoy but this book could just be glanced through once and equally enjoyed.. Best book ever Neato B'Zeato Best book ever. It has no text just 2 million pages of large full color reproductions of fliers and doodles and prints kind of like a collager's sketchbook. I Love You. Goodnight.
Ray Johnson (1927–95) was a seminal Pop artist, a proto-conceptualist and a pioneer of mail art.Always one to throw sand in the gears of art-world institutions, he tended to circulate his work either in truly alternative spaces (like sticking up out of the uneven floorboards of a warehouse downtown) or through the US Postal Service. Already in 1965, Grace Glueck described Johnson as “New York’s most famous unknown artist.” Though his work resists efforts to pin it down, Johnson can be said to have found a particularly useful medium in collage. Collage allowed Johnson to reflectbut also to participate inthe modern collision of visual and verbal information that only became more frenzied as the 20th century wore on.This volume collects 42 collages made by Johnson between 1966 and 1994, most never exhibited or published before, with a new essay by writer Brad Gooch, who first came into contact with Johnson when he began receiving unsolicited mail art shortly before the artist’s death. Throughout his life, Johnson sent collages, drawings and less easily categorized forms of printed matter to friends, colleagues a