Joe Brainard

10 Collages

December 2020 – January 2021

55 Main Street East Hampton New York 11937 Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11- 5 & by appointment

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Cover: Flowers, 1970, 8 x 6 inches

Untitled(teacup),1977,14x11inches

Untitled(QueenforaDay),197513½x10½inches

Untitled(QueenforaDay) ,(detail)

Untitled(EightofDiamonds),1976,9½x7¾inches

Untitled(ILoveYou),1977,14x11inches

Untitled,1970,29x23¾inches

Untitled(WindowwithaCrescentMoon),1975,4x3inches

Untitled(TicketStub),1975,57/8x4inches

Flowers,1968,watercoloronpaper,10x8inches

Untitled(RecliningFigure),1981,13x10inches

JoeBrainardwasbornin1942andraisedinTulsa,Oklahoma.AftermovingtoNewYorkin1960hesoonbecamepartofacommunityofpoetsandartiststhatincludedJohnAshbery,TedBerrigan,FrankO'Hara,RonPadgett,AnneWaldmanandAndyWarhol.Brainard’sinnovativeandexpansivebodyofworkincludesassemblage,collage,drawing,andpainting,aswellasdesignsforbookandalbumcovers,theatricalsetsandcostumes.EarlysuccesscamewithhisfirstsoloexhibitionattheAlanGalleryin1965.Overthenextdecadeheexhibitedregularlyandreceivedcriticalacclaim.HealsofoundrecognitionasawriterwithhisnowlegendarymemoirIRemember.HiscollectedwritingswerepublishedbyTheLibraryofAmericain2012.In2001MoMAPS1andtheBerkeleyArtMuseumpresentedthetravelingsurvey,JoeBrainard:ARetrospective.Theartist’sworkisinthecollectionsoftheMuseumofModernArt,theMetropolitanMuseumofArt,theWhitneyMuseum,andtheYaleUniversityArtGallery,amongotherinstitutions.Brainarddiedin1994ofAIDS-relatedpneumoniaattheageof52.

Portrait of Joe Brainard, 1985, Christopher Felver.

Photo: PortraitofJoeBrainard,1985,byChristopherFelver