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Ray Johnson c/o, edited and curated by Caitlin Haskell, with Jordan Carter ; with contributions by Jordan Carter, Colby Chamberlain, Jennifer R. Cohen, Johanna Gosse, Caitlin Haskell, Miriam Kienle, Brian T. Leahy, Ellen Levy, Solveig Nelson, Thea Liberty Nichols, and Michael von Uchtrup

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Ray Johnson c/o

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edited and curated by Caitlin Haskell, with Jordan Carter ; with contributions by Jordan Carter, Colby Chamberlain, Jennifer R. Cohen, Johanna Gosse, Caitlin Haskell, Miriam Kienle, Brian T. Leahy, Ellen Levy, Solveig Nelson, Thea Liberty Nichols, and Michael von Uchtrup

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

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

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