{"product_id":"joe-brainard-isbn-9780847872114","title":"Joe Brainard","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first major publication in twenty years on the prodigious and innovative work of this beloved twentieth-century New York multimedia artist and poet, whose work in collage and assemblage transformed the ordinary into the beautiful. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown for his internationally popular memoir, \u003ci\u003eI Remember\u003c\/i\u003e, which uniquely captures 1950s America, Joe Brainard (1942–1994) was also a prolific and beloved artist. This beautifully illustrated book covers the entire range of his versatile art, including hundreds of drawings, collages, assemblages, prints, and paintings, many unpublished or never exhibited.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBrainard was closely associated with the New York School, a community of poets and artists such as Frank O’Hara, John Ashbery, Alex Katz, Jane Freilicher, Larry Rivers, and Fairfield Porter, who thrived in downtown Manhattan in the 1960s and ’70s. Brainard transformed ordinary objects and ephemera collected from his Lower East Side neighborhood into stunning assemblages and collages. The book brings together Brainard’s classic subjects, such as the comic strip heroine Nancy; Madonnas (inspired by Ukrainian images in the Lower East Side); his iconic pansies, poppies, and daisies; and erotic works (male torsos).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePoet and art critic John Yau describes in vivid detail how Brainard produced thousands of lush multimedia pieces radiant with poignancy, wit, intimacy, and a sheer beauty that express Brainard’s unabashed affection for the world.\u003cb\u003eJohn Yau \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning poet, art critic, and curator who has published many books of poetry, fiction, and art criticism. He was the arts editor for the \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e (2007–2011) before he began writing regularly for \u003ci\u003eHyperallergic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Rizzoli Electa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233284337893,"sku":"NP9780847872114","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847872114.jpg?v=1767730435","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/joe-brainard-isbn-9780847872114","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}