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Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1927 October 16 - 1995 January 13

Nationality

American

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Hand of the Spirit / Morris, Michael ; Trasov, Vincent ; Johnson R ; Picard L ; McCallion B ; Hendricks G ; Filliou R ; Cavellini GA ; Conz F ; Ben ; Fischer H ; Groh K., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-06722-6841
Scope and Contents

Feature art of the seventies from the Michael Morris/Vincent Trasov archive assembled between 1968-1980. The archive is the largest collection of mail art in Canada and numbers 10,000 items. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

[Heart Sculpture], 1997

 Item — Box 205: [Barcode: 31858072460110]
Identifier: CC-28760-30067
Scope and Contents

Mike Dyar writes on his note that "this was a collaboration between Ray Johnson & myself. He sent me this as a drawing & asked me to sculpt & cast it in plaster." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Hoohoohobos Fortuitous Logos / Butler, Russell; Johnson R; Bennett JM ; Stake C; Ben; Friedman K., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-23281-23720
Scope and Contents

Author is also known as buZ blurr. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

How Sad I am Today... / Johnson, Ray ; Trasov V ; Morris M., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-44245-46373
Scope and Contents

Michael Morris, Sharla Sava, Peter Schuyff, Muffet Jones, Robin Laba, Vincent Trasov and James Tyer contributed extensive essays on the work of Ray Johnson and the mail art network. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

In Memory of Ray Johnson / Diotallevi, Marcello; Johnson R., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-36605-38413
Scope and Contents

The sheet consists of four stamps with an image of Johnson with a red ear and a green stripe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Jean Dubuffet Fan Club / Johnson, Ray ; Phillpot, Clive., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-31999-33528
Scope and Contents

The book consists of three questions and answers posed by Clive Phillpot to Ray Johnson in response to three black & white photographs reproduced in the book. These were taken on the grounds of the Nassau Museum. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Making Art from Bits and Pieces" John Evan's Collages Capture a Neighborhood / Strausbaugh, John; Johnson R; Evans J; Cornell J., 2005

 Item
Identifier: CC-43320-45379
Scope and Contents

The author of this article describes the work of Evans as he created notebooks of collages from discarded materials found on the streets of the East Village in New York. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

Onion/Union/Rayon / Ray Johnson; Coco Gordon., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-53396-57490
Scope and Contents The writings on the dried onion leaves consist of brief phrases, such as 'magic cloth.' The broadside documents the correspondence between Ray Johnson and Coco Gordon on onion skins beginning in 1981. It appears that the handwriting on the onion skins was done by Ray Johnson.Internet: Coco Gordon, born in Genova, lives and works from her NYC loft and her home in the red rocks of Lyons, Colorado. She emigrated to the United States in 1939. An Intermedia artist/ poet/ performer/ papermaker/ publisher of W Space artist book editions, she is also known as SuperSkyWoman. For the 2001 Venice Biennale Coco contributed her Superskywoman dialog "Forget Coming' to the Markers Project on Via Garibaldi and contributed her performance poem "Homage to the butterfly' to the Bunker Poetry Project at the Artiglierie of the Arsenale.13 SuperSkyWoman dialog posters showed at De Garage, Belgium May3-June 23 2002, curated by Luc Fierens. She has participated in the London and the Istanbul Biennales....
Dates: 1983

Onion/Union/Rayon / Ray Johnson; Coco Gordon., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-53397-57491
Scope and Contents

The writings on the dried onion leaves consist of brief phrases, such as 'dildos & other games.' The broadside documents the correspondence between Ray Johnson and Coco Gordon on onion skins beginning in 1981. It appears that the handwriting on the onion skins was done by Ray Johnson. The documentation as to the edition size and number of this copy appears to have been lost. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Onion/Union/Rayon / Ray Johnson; Coco Gordon., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-53396-57490
Scope and Contents The writings on the dried onion leaves consist of brief phrases, such as 'magic cloth.' The broadside documents the correspondence between Ray Johnson and Coco Gordon on onion skins beginning in 1981. It appears that the handwriting on the onion skins was done by Ray Johnson.Internet: Coco Gordon, born in Genova, lives and works from her NYC loft and her home in the red rocks of Lyons, Colorado. She emigrated to the United States in 1939. An Intermedia artist/ poet/ performer/ papermaker/ publisher of W Space artist book editions, she is also known as SuperSkyWoman. For the 2001 Venice Biennale Coco contributed her Superskywoman dialog "Forget Coming' to the Markers Project on Via Garibaldi and contributed her performance poem "Homage to the butterfly' to the Bunker Poetry Project at the Artiglierie of the Arsenale.13 SuperSkyWoman dialog posters showed at De Garage, Belgium May3-June 23 2002, curated by Luc Fierens. She has participated in the London and the Istanbul Biennales....
Dates: 1983

Onion/Union/Rayon / Ray Johnson; Coco Gordon., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-53397-57491
Scope and Contents

The writings on the dried onion leaves consist of brief phrases, such as 'dildos & other games.' The broadside documents the correspondence between Ray Johnson and Coco Gordon on onion skins beginning in 1981. It appears that the handwriting on the onion skins was done by Ray Johnson. The documentation as to the edition size and number of this copy appears to have been lost. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Pictures To Be Read/ Poetry To Be Seen / Arakawa ; Fahlstrom O ; Johnson R ; Kaprow A ; Kitaj R ; Knowles A ; Nutt J ; Simonetti GE ; Vostell W ; Cage J ; Baruchello GF., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-04844-4937
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was in the collection of Jan van der Marck, director of the MOCA and curator of the exhibition. He wrote in the introduction, "What characterizes the majority of works in this exhibition is their complex permutation of words and images. The resulting visual language tends towards poetic rather than communicative functions." Van der Marck also wrote the biographies of the artists. The Sackner Archive also holds the archive for the limited edition box with contributions from the artists that was assembled for this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967