“I bear in mind wishing I knew then what I do know now.”
—Joe Brainard 1
American Artwork Catalogues presents a particular Summer time presentation of seven oil work by the late Joe Brainard.
On the event of the presentation, a 12-color silkscreen poster has been produced in an version of 100 copies with Du-Good Press, in addition to releasing out-of-print copies of Brainard’s monograph Work printed by American Artwork Catalogues in 2021.
Joe Brainard was born in 1942 in Salem, Arkansas. He spent most of his adolescence rising up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a younger man Joe grew to become pals with and collaborators with poets Ron Padgett and Ted Berrigan previous to shifting to New York in 1960. By 1964 Joe was enmeshed with many members of the New York Faculty together with James Schuyler, Frank O’Hara, Kenneth Koch, Fairfield Porter, Jane Freilicher and John Ashbery. Brainard was a outstanding fixture of and a beloved collaborator with this group for a few years. Tragically, like so many others, Joe Brianard succumbed to AIDS associated issues and handed away in Could of 1994.
Joe Brainard’s creative recognition got here early on together with his first solo present in 1965. His work has been included in a lot of gallery and museum exhibition throughout america similar to MoMA P.S.1 and the Berkeley Artwork Museum. His work are additionally included in lots of notable personal and public collections together with The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, the Whitney Museum of America Artwork, the Colby School Artwork Museum and the Museum of Trendy Artwork, New York. Along with his many visible artwork accomplishments, Brainard achieved notoriety for his 1970 Angel Hair publication I Keep in mind, in addition to many different publications, resulting in The Library of America to publish The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard in 2012.
at American Artwork Catalogues, New York
till August 31, 2025
