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Ray Johnson c/o

Title
Ray Johnson c/o / edited and curated by Caitlin Haskell, with Jordan Carter ; with contributions by Jordan Carter, Colby Chamberlain, Jennifer R. Cohen, Johanna Bosse, Caitlin Haskell, Miriam Kienle, Brian T. Leahy, Ellen Levy, Solveig Nelson, Thea Liberty Nichols, and Michael von Uchtrup.
Author
Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995
Publication
  • Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, [2021]
  • New Haven [Connecticut] : distributed by Yale University Press
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Haskell, Caitlin
  • Carter, Jordan
  • Art Institute of Chicago, host institution
Description
376 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 cm
Summary
Ray Johnson (1927-1995) was a celebrated maker of small-scale collages whose works influenced movements including Pop Art, Fluxus, and Conceptual Art. Trained at Black Mountain College, Johnson subsequently settled in New York and founded a mail art network known as the New York Correspondence School; he was extraordinarily adept at using social interaction as an artistic endeavor. Drawing on the vast collection of Johnson's work at the Art Institute of Chicago, this volume gives new shape to our understanding of his artistic practice and features hundreds of pieces that include artist's books, collages, drawings, mail art, and performance documentation. In keeping with Johnson's democratic, rhizomatic, and antihierarchical ethos, this indispensable resource on the artist's oeuvre contains 21 short essays by various contributors that allow readers to dip into and out of the book in a nonlinear manner of their own choosing.
Alternative Title
Ray Johnson care of
Subject
  • Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995 > Exhibitions
  • Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995
  • 1900-1999
  • Art, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Collage, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Mail art > Exhibitions
  • Mail art
  • Collage, American
  • Art, American
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Director's foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the reader -- Introduction : Ray Johnson / Caitlin Haskell -- Black Mountain / Johanna Gosse -- Chop art / Caitlin Haskell -- Collage materials -- Death, a book about / Thea Liberty Nichols -- "A book about death" -- Department of Housing and Buildings / Colby Chamberlain -- Department of Housing and Buildings -- Duck-rabbit / Caitlin Haskell -- Design flyers, part I -- Elvis / Johanna Gosse -- Frances and Feigen / Brian T. Leahy -- Bill's photos of Ray -- May / Caitlin Haskell -- Ray's high-school drawings -- Michigan / Thea Liberty Nichols -- Moticos / Johanna Gosse -- Manifestos -- New York Correspondence School questionnaires -- New York Correspondence School / Johanna Gosse -- Nothing / Jordan Carter -- Paik-this diamond ring / Solveig Nelson -- "The paper snake" / Jordan Carter -- Production materials for "The paper snake" -- Robin Gallery / Miriam Kienle -- Phantom postcards -- Shelley Duvall Fan Club / Ellen Levy -- Short circuit / Ellen Levy -- "The sinking bear / Brian T. Leahy -- Ray's books -- Design flyers, part II -- Tender buttons / Jennifer R. Cohen -- Twins / Brian T. Leahy -- Valentines / Jordan Carter -- Pink eyes -- Chro no logy / Michael von Uchtrup -- Collages in the William S. Wilson Collection of Ray Johnson -- Contributors -- Index -- Photography and collection credits.
Call Number
JQG 21-726
ISBN
  • 9780300254334
  • 0300254334
OCLC
1222805396
Author
Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995, artist.
Title
Ray Johnson c/o / edited and curated by Caitlin Haskell, with Jordan Carter ; with contributions by Jordan Carter, Colby Chamberlain, Jennifer R. Cohen, Johanna Bosse, Caitlin Haskell, Miriam Kienle, Brian T. Leahy, Ellen Levy, Solveig Nelson, Thea Liberty Nichols, and Michael von Uchtrup.
Publisher
Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, [2021]
Distributor
New Haven [Connecticut] : distributed by Yale University Press
Copyright Date
©2021
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995. works. selections.
Haskell, Caitlin, editor.
Carter, Jordan, contributor.
Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQG 21-726
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