Poems + Pictures
Poems and Pictures: A Renaissance in the Art of the Book (1946-1981)Curated by Kyle schlesinger
february 9 - April 7, 2012
This exhibition, originally organized for the The Center for Books Arts
by Kyle Schlesinger, features books, paintings, collages, periodicals,
and ephemera that explore fundamental relationships between form and
content; seeing and reading; writing and drawing; and the extraordinary
occasions when these things and activities fuse, introducing a third
element.
Poets, artists, and collaborators in this exhibition 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. Together they share in the common objective of bringing bold new
writing into print where commercial presses fear to tread, and to do so
with flair, imagination, and intelligence.
This exhibition is
made possible by the generosity of our lenders: The Poetry Collection
of the University Libraries, University at Buffalo; Bill Berkson; Aaron
Cohick (New Lights Press); Marie Dern (Jungle Garden Press); Philip
Gallo; Alastair Johnston; Basil King; Ken Mikolowski; Ron Padgett;
Special Collections & Archives, Merill-Cazier Library, Utah State
University; Kyle Schlesinger; Lewis Warsh, and Steve Woodall.
Image: First Name of Rita Hayworth's Theory, 1971. Ron Padgett and George Schneeman
Slide show of the exhibition