In Memory of My Feelings - Hardcover

O'Hara, Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870705105 ISBN 13: 9780870705106

Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, 2005

Synopsis

Between 1952, when Frank O'Hara published his first collection of poems, and his death, in 1966, at the early age of 40, he became recognized as a quintessential American poet whose vernacular phrasing, both worldly and lyrical, told of the urban life of his generation. In addition to the contribution he made to American literature, O'Hara was a vital figure in the New York cultural scene and spent many years working at The Museum of Modern Art, where, having begun by taking a job selling postcards on the admissions desk, he ultimately became an associate curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture. And when he unexpectedly died, in an accident on the beach at Fire Island, New York, he was deeply mourned by the Museum's staff and by the New York art world.

About this title

Synopsis:

"In Memory of My Feelings" explores a key period in modern art, and highlights some thirty artists who collaborated with the poet Frank O'Hara to produce 'poem-paintings' - a single work of art paired with a single poem. Featuring such works as Jasper Johns's "In Memory of My Feelings" and Grace Hartigan's "Oranges", this book is a timely re-examination of the relationship between art and poetry at a crucial moment in American art history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0870705105
• ISBN 13: 9780870705106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224