Ray Johnson's Elusive Dream: 'I Want to Dance'
The artist Ray Johnson in 1965. In SoHo, he bedecked his friend Suzi Gablik, an artist and writer, with his “moticos,” as he called his collages, turning her…
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The artist Ray Johnson in 1965. In SoHo, he bedecked his friend Suzi Gablik, an artist and writer, with his “moticos,” as he called his collages, turning her…
The discovery of a group of early collages tells a new story about Johnson’s ties to dance and the dance world.
SheNYC Arts showcases new, original works by gender-marginalized writers, composers, and directors.
New York and Chicago have towering skyscrapers. San Francisco has classic Victorian houses. Here in Portland, we have trees. From mammoth Douglas-firs to an impressive, multispecies roster of Heritage Trees all over the city, Portland is a dendrophile’s paradise—at least, that has long been the city’s narrative. Portland’s lush tree canopy isn’t distributed equally across all neighborhoods, however, and the city’s existing trees are struggling. As the effects of climate change worsen, summers in the...
In the tradition of such artists as On Kawara, Stanley Brouwn, James Lee Byars, and Ray Johnson, whose work extensively consisted of ephemerapostcards, hand-drawn maps, notes, and collagesthe conceptualist Joseph Grigely presents images and texts as artifice, evidence, and commentary.