With PLEASE SEND TO REAL LIFE: Ray Johnson's Photographs, The Morgan Library & Museum in New York presents a scene star who is little known to the general public: Ray Johnson's photographs, which he made in the last years of his life, can be seen there starting June 17.
The photographs of the artist Ray Johnson for the first time in an exhibition: The Morgan Library & Museum in New York opens PLEASE SEND TO REAL LIFE: Ray Johnson's Photographs on June 17. Through October 2, visitors can trace Johnson's efforts to incorporate »real life« into his art. The photographs were taken in the early 1990s and mark Johnson's final creative period. They will be exhibited alongside earlier works by the artist.
Ray Johnson (1927-1995) studied at North Carolina's famed Black Mountain College, where science and art were taught interdisciplinary and on equal footing. From 1948 he lived in New York City, where he quickly made a name for himself among colleagues. Most notably, Johnson's achievements include his multimedia collages, which were inspired by the Dadaist style, and the founding of Mail Art, in which he sent smaller artworks by mail to other art practitioners. The art community often associates him with Fluxus, even though he never belonged to the movement. Johnson rejected conventional art institutions such as museums. Today he is widely considered unknown, and among contemporary art practitioners he enjoyed the reputation of a legendary outsider.
The Neue Nationalgalerie is honoring Nan Goldin's work from the last 45 years with a comprehensive exhibition. The photographer conquered the art world with her snapshot aesthetic and is considered one of the most influential artists of our time. Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well can be seen in Berlin from November 23.
It was one of the most moving decades in the history of the United Kingdom: the 1980s, characterized by strikes, protests and AIDS. Photographers documented this period and in some cases became political activists themselves through their images. The exhibition The 80s: Photographing Britain opens on November 21 at the Tate Britain in London.
