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Poems & Pictures: A Renaissance in the Art of the Book (1946 - 1981)
July 7, 2010 - September 11, 2010

Poems & Pictures

Organized by Kyle Schlesinger

Image above:
Negative, 1973
Phillip Guston & Bill Berkson

Poems & Pictures examines relationships between visual and language art. The exhibit features over 60 books produced between 1946 and 1981, as well as paintings, collages, periodicals, and ephemera. Poets, artists and collaborators include Wallace Berman, Joe Brainard, Robert Creeley, Jim Dine, Johanna Drucker, Philip Guston, Joanne Kyger, Emily McVarish, Karen Randall, Larry Rivers, George Schneeman, and many more.


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