Ray Johnson : selective inheritance / Kate Dempsey Martineau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martineau, Kate Dempsey, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists--Professional relationships.

History.

Artists.

Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995.

Johnson, Ray.

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.

Duchamp, Marcel.

Artists--Professional relationships--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 294 pages ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Believing that one thing was real only if it corresponded with others, twentieth-century collage and correspondence artist Ray Johnson highlighted the connections between himself and other artists, including Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Anni Albers, and especially Marcel Duchamp. This study of Johnson through the lens of Duchamp and the other artists who inspired him entails the investigation of hieroglyphs, codes, action figures, queer theory, and cultural history. By examining Johnson's art in relation to his main inspirations, this book brings new light to the study of Johnson, and to the dynamic networks of artistic inheritance and correspondence of the twentieth century."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the heir of Duchamp

Johnson's background and relationship to Duchamp

A language fan club

The viewer : looking at seeing

Identity/performance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780520296268

0520296265

OCLC:

1004424872