Ray Johnson
American Artist 1927 - 1995
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Buddah University
Buddah University
"How To Draw A Daisy"
"How To Draw A Daisy"
Signed by artist
c. 1974
Framed: 12 x 15 inches
About This Piece
About This Piece
"Like the pipe and the snake, the circle is a repeated shape in Johnson’s work. It appears for instance in a series he worked on called “How to Draw…” whose title of course echoes Stein’s "How to Write." Just as Stein’s text is not exactly a writing primer, Johnson’s series flirts with the promise of proficient draughtsmanship through a knowingly playful naivety. The most well-known “How to Draw...” is “How to Draw a Bunny” in which a simple circle is added to by degrees, making up the very crude picture of a rabbit which as I have already mentioned became a recurrent motif of self portrayal."
and Valentine’s Day Performance, Western Illinois University, Macomb; Paloma Picasso Fan Club Meeting, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York; Asparagus Club: A Consept Event (also called Oh Dat Consept Art), Rene Block Gallery, New York; Spaghetti performance, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.
"Yew" Definition
"Yew" Definition
signed by artist
c.
Framed: 12 x 14 inches
possibly Ray Johnson's work - unidentified
Unknown
Unknown
Signed by artist
c.
Framed: 12 1/2 x 12 inches
ABOUT the Artist
ABOUT the Artist
1975
1975
Ray Johnson’s History of Yoko Ono and John performance, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury; Spam Radio Club meeting, Center for Book Arts, New York; How to Draw a Daisy NYCS Meeting, Central Hall Gallery, Port Washington, Long Island, NY. Has solo exhibitions at Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit and Massimo Valsecchi Gallery, Milan and is included in the group exhibition Brecht—Johnson—Duchamp, Kunstmarkt, Cologne.
Raymond Edward "Ray" Johnson (October 16, 1927 – January 13, 1995) was an American artist. Known primarily as a collagist and correspondence artist, he was a seminal figure in the history of Neo-Dada and early Pop art and was described as [1][2] "New York's most famous unknown artist".[1][3] Johnson also staged and participated in early performance art events as the founder of a far-ranging mail art network – the New York Correspondence School –[1][2][4] which picked up momentum in the 1960s and is still active today. He is occasionally associated with members of the Fluxus movement but was never a member. He lived in New York City from 1949 to 1968, when he moved to a small town in Long Island and remained there until his suicide.[4][5]
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