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Giorno, John, 1936-2019

 Person

Nationality

American

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

And Equally/From (Buddha Poem) / Giorno, John., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-30358-31773
Scope and Contents

The poem is type-set in two columns with repeating lines that give the work a chanting, musical quality. The paper is handmade and complements the typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Balling Buddha / Giorno, John ; Levine L., 1970

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Identifier: CC-36322-38112
Scope and Contents

The poems deal with the Vietnam War, homoeroticism, heteroeroticism, and Buddhist religion. The cover was designed by Les Levine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Birds / Giorno, John., 1971

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Identifier: CC-10653-10862
Scope and Contents

Cover was designed by George Schneeman. This poem which describes characteristics of birds is written conventionally not in the style of repetition generally associated with Giorno's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Cancer In My Left Ball: Poems 1970-1972, 1973

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Identifier: CC-36319-38109
Scope and Contents

Cover was designed by Les Levine. The poems deal with the Vietnam war, homoeroticism, heteroeroticism, and Buddhist religion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Cancer In My Left Ball: Poems 1970-1972 / Giorno, John ; Levine L., 1973

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Identifier: CC-36320-38110
Scope and Contents

The cover photographs were taken by Les Levine. The poems deal with the Vietnam war, homoeroticism, heteroeroticism, and Buddhist religion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Downtown Body / Shelly, Ward; Anderson L; Feldman R; Giorno J; Holman B; Kostelanetz R; Knowles A; Oleszko P; Schneemann C; Howland B., 2008

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Identifier: CC-49156-70196
Scope and Contents Shelley traces the poetic, musical, theatrical, and artistic history of "downtown NYC" over the 20th Century. On the recto of this print, several artists and poets provide short narratives on what it was like to live "downtown in NYC during the 1970's and early 1980's. On Shelley's WEB site, he comments: Downtown Body is a portrait of New York's avant garde cultural landscape. I choose to use the word portrait because I think it conveys a kind of subjective selectivity that my work brings to any subject I work with. I entered into this project with a raucous enthusiasm, but I am exiting the room on tip toes. Downtown-ness touches on the lives of nearly everyone I know and care about. Everyone's sense of who they are is wrapped up in what Downtown means. And what should Downtown mean? Downtown is the success story of New York's art world, both critical and commercial. It's valuable, so it's hyped. It's Downtown Story: the Movie. It's a nostalgic myth, but it is a self-fulfilling...
Dates: 2008

Dream Machine / Gysin, Brion ; Laura Hoptman, curator ; Burroughs WS ; P-orridge G ; Giorno J., 2010

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Identifier: CC-56811-10000179
Scope and Contents The Sackners attended this spectacular exhibition. Water Row Books: This is the first comprehensive survey of the works of the radical artist Brion Gysin, featuring a stunning selection of illustrations. During his lifetime Brion Gysin (1916-1986) inspired an array of artists, writers, poets and musicians, notably the Beat Generation. Since his death Gysin's own work has only increased in popularity, yet his radical approach to art defies categorization. Brion Gysin: Dream Machine is the first detailed study of Gysin's oeuvre in both art-historical and contemporary contexts. A devotee of invention, Gysin created paintings, drawings, photo-collages, installations, poetry and sound experiments. He produced the cut-up collage novel The Third Mind (1965) with William Burroughs, and with Ian Sommerville developed the Dreamachine (1961), a kinetic sculpture designed to induce visions by playing flickering light on the closed eyes of the viewer. This exciting new book, featuring incisive...
Dates: 2010

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