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1927 Detroit, Michigan - 1995 Sag Harbor, New York. Known for: Collage, mail art, assemblage.
Ray Johnson was a collagist but is best known as the progenitor of mail art with his New York Correspondence School, which he started in the l950s but which bloomed in the early 1960s. Johnson was... Read full biography
Ray Johnson was a collagist but is best known as the progenitor of mail art with his New York Correspondence School, which he started in the l950s but which bloomed in the early 1960s. Johnson was born in Michigan and went to Black Mountain College from l946 to l949, where he studied under Josef... Read full biography
Ray Johnson was a collagist but is best known as the progenitor of mail art with his New York Correspondence School, which he started in the l950s but which bloomed in the early 1960s. Johnson was born in Michigan and went to Black Mountain College from l946 to l949, where he studied under Josef Albers. When he left to move to New York, he met painter/photographer Norman Solomon, with whom he started walking the streets at night, collecting bits and pieces from the streets. Norman used his... Read full biography
Ray Johnson was a collagist but is best known as the progenitor of mail art with his New York Correspondence School, which he started in the l950s but which bloomed in the early 1960s. Johnson was born in Michigan and went to Black Mountain College from l946 to l949, where he studied under Josef Albers. When he left to move to New York, he met painter/photographer Norman Solomon, with whom he started walking the streets at night, collecting bits and pieces from the streets. Norman used his collections to nail to the walls as collages; Ray used his to cut up and mail to his friends. And soon he was asking his friends to mail items to other friends by writing "Please send to". Some of the mailings were forwarded, some were returned and some... Read full biography
Ray Johnson was a collagist but is best known as the progenitor of mail art with his New York Correspondence School, which he started in the l950s but which bloomed in the early 1960s. Johnson was born in Michigan and went to Black Mountain College from l946 to l949, where he studied under Josef Albers. When he left to move to New York, he met painter/photographer Norman Solomon, with whom he started walking the streets at night, collecting bits and pieces from the streets. Norman used his collections to nail to the walls as collages; Ray used his to cut up and mail to his friends. And soon he was asking his friends to mail items to other friends by writing "Please send to". Some of the mailings were forwarded, some were returned and some discarded. Through these means he was able to build up a whole network of artists adding to his original mailings and forwarding... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Mail Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Art Teacher
- •Josef Albers
- •Robert Motherwell
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Black Mountain College, North Carolina, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art