Ray Johnson

Selective Inheritance

Kate Dempsey Martineau

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English

University of California Press
15 June 2018

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Other graphic art forms; Individual artists, art monographs

Believing that one thing was real only insofar as it corresponded with others, twentieth-century artist Ray Johnson highlighted the connections between himself and other artists including Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Anni Albers, and especially Marcel Duchamp. This study of Johnson through the lens of Duchamp and the other artists who inspired him entails the investigation of hieroglyphs, codes, action figures, queer theory, and cultural history. By examining Johnson’s collage and Correspondence art in relation to his main inspirations, this critical work brings new light to the study of Johnson and to the dynamic networks of artistic inheritance and correspondence of the twentieth century.

By: Kate Dempsey Martineau
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 953g
ISBN: 9780520296268
ISBN 10: 0520296265
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 June 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments / ix Introduction: The Heir of Duchamp / 1 1. Johnson’s Background and Relationship to Duchamp / 12 2. A Language Fan Club / 80 3. The Viewer: Looking at Seeing / 128 4. Identity/Performance / 166 Conclusion / 203 Notes / 219 Selected Bibliography / 279 List of Illustrations / 287

Kate Dempsey Martineau earned her PhD from the University of Texas. An independent scholar, she explores the intersecting art and political climates of the 1950s and 1960s as well as the complex relationships within the burgeoning New York art world.

Reviews for Ray Johnson: Selective Inheritance

'Selective Inheritance' achieves the scholarly goal of unpacking Ray Johnson's unknown-artist status by peeling away the layers of his complex work with a savvy that combines art-world knowledge and darker, psychological theories. --BLOUIN ARTINFO (11/14/2018)