Ray Johnson - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1938560825 ISBN 13: 9781938560828

Publisher: Karma, 2015

AN EARLY PARTICIPANT IN BOTH THE POP AND FLUXUS MOVEMENTS, RAY JOHNSON CREATED COMPLEX, PUNNING WORKS THAT INGENIOUSLY COMBINE TEXT AND IMAGE, CELEBRITY CULTURE AND ART HISTORY, WIT AND MELANCHOLY. FIGURES SUCH AS MICKEY MOUSE, ELVIS PRESLEY, JAMES DEAN, MICHAEL JACKSON, AND CALVIN KLEIN MODELS POPULATE HIS MANY COLLAGES-A CANDID FORESHADOWING OF CURRENT SOCIETAL OBSESSION. PUBLICATION INCLUDES 296 COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF DRAWINGS, INTERVENTIONS AND OTHER EPHEMERA FROM JOHNSON'S ESTATE.

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Review:

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 -

...a summertime mini-retrospective of the artist's career...an illustrated volume that documented that presentation and also serves as a stand-alone, compact introduction to the artist's creative trajectory, aesthetic outlook, and life story. It features an insightful essay by the poet and author Brad Gooch, who is well known for his 1993 biography of the American poet and curator Frank O'Hara.--Edward H. Gomez "Hyperallergic "

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