“George Schneeman in Italy” to open January 18 at the Italian Cultural Institute
On view through February 11, 2011
Exhibit showcases paintings of the Tuscan landscape where the artist lived,
as well as his poem pictures
San Francisco, CA — Referred to as a “Painter among Poets,” George Schneeman (1934 – 2009) was an artist who committed himself to many forms and means of expression. Having subordinated his youthful literary ambitions to a full-time life of painting, printmaking, graphic design and ceramics, he collaborated frequently with poets and, in his final decade, added delicate and incisive handwritten poems in Italian to some of his landscape pictures. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Schneeman lived for seven years in Italy, fully embracing the language and lifestyle of the Tuscan countryside. His artwork lovingly captures the beauty of the Tuscan landscape he came to know first in his twenties and again in his later years. More here.
Curated by Bill Berkson, be sure to check out his brand new book, For the Ordinary Artist: Short Reviews, Occasional Pieces & More. It includes two essays on Schneeman, plus Alex Katz, Joe Brainard, Philip Guston, Jackson Pollock, Lee Friedlander, Nathaniel Dorsky, Ernie Gehr, four interviews, and so much more. My copy arrived yesterday, and it brought me back to the magic of reading Berkson's earlier collection of criticism, Sweet Singer of Modernism. This was the book that prompted me to ask him to publish something, and that 'something' became Sudden Address. Get For the Ordinary Artist here.
MIMEO MIMEO #8: CURATORS' CHOICE features 16 bibliophiles on 6 highlights from their personal or institutional collections. Contributors include Steve Clay, Wendy Burk, Tony White, Brian Cassidy, Thurston Moore, J.A. Lee, Michelle Strizever, Adam Davis, Michael Basinski, Joseph Newland, Alastair Johnston, Tate Shaw, Michael Kasper, Steve Woodall, Molly Schwartzberg, Nancy Kuhl, James Maynard, and the Utah posse (Becky Thomas, Marnie Powers-Torrey, Craig Dworkin, Emily Tipps, Luise Poulton, & David Wolske)
MIMEO MIMEO #7: THE LEWIS WARSH ISSUE is the first magazine ever devoted in its entirety to poet, novelist, publisher, teacher, and collage artist Lewis Warsh. Warsh was born in 1944 in the Bronx, co-founded Angel Hair Magazine and Books with Anne Waldman in 1966, and went on to co-found United Artists Magazine and Books with Bernadette Mayer in 1977. He is the author of over thirty books of poetry, fiction and autobiography, the Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Long Island University in Brooklyn, and as you’ll soon discover, so much more. Includes an introduction by Daniel Kane, an interview conducted by Steve Clay, 10 new stories, 5 new poems, dozens of photographs and collages, and an anecdotal bibliography.
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MIMEO MIMEO #6: THE POETRY ISSUE is devoted to new work by eight poets who have consistently composed quality writing that has influenced and inspired generations since the golden era of the mimeo revolution. Contributors include Bill Berkson, John Godfrey, Ted Greenwald, Joanne Kyger, Kit Robinson, Rosmarie Waldrop, Lewis Warsh, and Geoffrey Young. Cover art by George Schneeman.
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MIMEO MIMEO #3: THE DANNY SNELSON ISSUE examines the relationship between structuralism and the poetries of the mimeo era by presenting a detailed analysis of Form (a Cambridge-UK magazine published in 1966) and Alcheringa (a journal published by Boston University in 1975), two exemplary gatherings that illuminate the historical, material and social circumstances under which theory informed art (and vice versa) in the early works of some of today's most celebrated experimental writers. Also includes a special insert, The Infernal Method, written, designed and printed by Aaron Cohick (NewLights Press).
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MIMEO MIMEO #2: features Emily McVarish on her artist's book Flicker; James Maynard on poet Robert Duncan's early experiences as an editor and typesetter; Derek Beaulieu on the relationship between the influential Canadian poetry journal Tish and Black Mountain College; and an extensive interview with Australian poet and typographer Alan Loney conducted by Kyle Schlesinger. Cover is by Emily McVarish.
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