Son[i]a #91
In spite of being one of the most influential artists of his generation, the work of Ray Johnson (Detroit, 1927 – New York, 1995) remains unknown to the wider public. After attending Black Mountain College with John Cage and Merce Cunningham, Johnson developed new routes for art to circulate through his postal correspondence. His work with collage, in which he introduced elements from popular culture, also situates him as a precursor to Pop Art.
Son[i]a speaks to Bartomeu Marí, the director of the MACBA, Chus Martínez and Alex Sainsbury, the exhibition’s curators.
“Ray Johnson. Please Add to & Return” (06/11/2009 – 10/01/2010) is an exhibition that allows viewers to discover his collages, correspondences and the relationship between his work and John Cage’s.
To complement the exhibition "The Anarchy of Silence. John Cage and Experimental Art" and "Ray Johnson. Please Add to & Return", this programme documents the Fluxus movement, an international network of artists which emerged in New York in the early 1960s.
Margaret Leng Tan
Interview with Margaret Leng Tan, collaborator and performer of John Cage's music.
Bartomeu Marí and Julia Robinson talk about the exhibition "The Anarchy of Silence. John Cage and Experimental Art"