Research Catalog

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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Details

Additional Authors

• Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.
• Carter, Jordan,
• Haskell, Caitlin,
• Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995.

Description

376 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 cm

Alternative Title

Ray Johnson care of

Subjects

• Collage, American
• Art, American
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Exhibition catalogs
• 1900-1999
• Mail art > Exhibitions
• Collage, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Art, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995 > Criticism and interpretation
• Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995 > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Exhibition catalogs.

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

N6537.J63

ISBN

• 9780300254334
• 0300254334

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries