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'''Raymond Edward "Ray" Johnson''' (16 October 1927 – 13 January 1995) was an American artist. Known primarily as a collagist and correspondence artist, he was a seminal figure in the history of Neo-Dada and early Pop art and was described as "New York's most famous unknown artist". Johnson also staged and participated in early performance art events as the founder of a far-ranging mail art network – the New York Correspondence School – which picked up momentum in the 1960s and is still active today. He is occasionally associated with members of the [[Fluxus]] movement but was never a member. He lived in [[New York City]] from 1949 to 1968, when he moved to a small town in Long Island and remained there until his suicide.
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* http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9604
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* David Bourdon, Ray Johnson, et al., [https://www.artforum.com/print/196708/the-new-york-correspondence-school-36704 "The New York Correspondence School"] , ''Artforum'', Oct 1967.
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9604 Ray Johnson Ray Johnson]'', New York: Between Books, 1977, 24 pp.
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* John Willenbecher, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7385 Ray Johnson, Ray Johnson, Ray Johnson]'', New York: Between Books, 1978, 20 pp.
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* ''Ray Johnson: Correspondences'', ed. Donna De Salvo, Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts, 1999, 224 pp.
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* ''Ray Johnson's Art World'', ed. Elizabeth Zuba, New York: Feigen & Co., 2014, 32 pp.
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* ''Not Nothing: Selected Writings by Ray Johnson, 1954-1994'', ed. Elizabeth Zuba, Los Angeles: Siglio Press, 2014, 380 pp. [https://sigliopress.com/titles/not-nothing-ray-johnson/ Publisher].
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* Stephen Moonie, [https://sci-hub.st/10.1086/685921 "A Poet of “Non-''ressentiment''”? Lawrence Alloway, Ray Johnson, and the Art World as a Network"], ''Getty Research Journal'' 8, 2016, pp 161-176.
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* Kate Dempsey Martineau, ''Ray Johnson: Selective Inheritance'', University of California Press, 2018, 304 pp. [https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520296268/ray-johnson Publisher].
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* ''That Was the Answer: Interviews with Ray Johnson'', ed. Julie J. Thomson, Soberscove Press, 2018, 198 pp. [https://soberscove.com/book/that-was-the-answer/ Publisher].
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* ''Frog Pond Splash: Collages by Ray Johnson with Texts by William S. Wilson'', ed. Elizabeth Zuba, Catskill, NY: Siglio Press, 2020. [https://www.rayjohnsonestate.com/publications/frog-pond-splash-collages-by-ray-johnson-with-texts-by-william-s-wilson]
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* ''Ray Johnson c/o'', eds. Caitlin Haskell and Jordan Carter, Yale University Press, with Art Institute of Chicago, 2021, 376 pp. [https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300254334/ray-johnson-co/ Publisher].
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* ''Please Send to Real Life: Ray Johnson Photographs'', ed. Joel Smith, Mack Books, with Morgan Library & Museum, 2022, 256 pp.
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* Miriam Kienle, ''Queer Networks: Ray Johnson's Correspondence Art'', University of Minnesota Press, 2023, 296 pp. [https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517911638/queer-networks/ Publisher].
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* Ellen Levy, ''A Book about Ray'', MIT Press, 2024, 394 pp. [https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048743/a-book-about-ray/ Publisher].
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Latest revision as of 20:05, 25 December 2024

Raymond Edward "Ray" Johnson (16 October 1927 – 13 January 1995) was an American artist. Known primarily as a collagist and correspondence artist, he was a seminal figure in the history of Neo-Dada and early Pop art and was described as "New York's most famous unknown artist". Johnson also staged and participated in early performance art events as the founder of a far-ranging mail art network – the New York Correspondence School – which picked up momentum in the 1960s and is still active today. He is occasionally associated with members of the Fluxus movement but was never a member. He lived in New York City from 1949 to 1968, when he moved to a small town in Long Island and remained there until his suicide.

Publications
  • Ray Johnson: Correspondences, ed. Donna De Salvo, Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts, 1999, 224 pp.
  • Ray Johnson's Art World, ed. Elizabeth Zuba, New York: Feigen & Co., 2014, 32 pp.
  • Not Nothing: Selected Writings by Ray Johnson, 1954-1994, ed. Elizabeth Zuba, Los Angeles: Siglio Press, 2014, 380 pp. Publisher.
  • Kate Dempsey Martineau, Ray Johnson: Selective Inheritance, University of California Press, 2018, 304 pp. Publisher.
  • That Was the Answer: Interviews with Ray Johnson, ed. Julie J. Thomson, Soberscove Press, 2018, 198 pp. Publisher.
  • Frog Pond Splash: Collages by Ray Johnson with Texts by William S. Wilson, ed. Elizabeth Zuba, Catskill, NY: Siglio Press, 2020. [1]
  • Ray Johnson c/o, eds. Caitlin Haskell and Jordan Carter, Yale University Press, with Art Institute of Chicago, 2021, 376 pp. Publisher.
  • Please Send to Real Life: Ray Johnson Photographs, ed. Joel Smith, Mack Books, with Morgan Library & Museum, 2022, 256 pp.
  • Miriam Kienle, Queer Networks: Ray Johnson's Correspondence Art, University of Minnesota Press, 2023, 296 pp. Publisher.
  • Ellen Levy, A Book about Ray, MIT Press, 2024, 394 pp. Publisher.
Links
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