Ray Johnson
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Ray Johnson was an American artist and collagist whose playful, conceptual "mail art" and subversive approach to pop culture made him a pivotal figure in the development of Neo-Dada and early conceptual art.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
artist
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collagist ⓘ human ⓘ mail artist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | apparent suicide by drowning ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-10-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-01-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Black Mountain College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Johnson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
collage
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conceptual art ⓘ mail art ⓘ performance-related art ⓘ |
| givenName | Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Art Institute of Chicago
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Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Walker Art Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fluxus artists
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conceptual art ⓘ contemporary collage artists ⓘ mail art movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dada
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Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ Pop art NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collage
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founder of the New York Correspondence School ⓘ mail art ⓘ use of popular culture imagery ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| movement |
Fluxus-adjacent art
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Neo-Dada NERFINISHED ⓘ early conceptual art ⓘ |
| name | Ray Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bunny Head collages
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Moticos NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Correspondence School NERFINISHED ⓘ Untitled (collage works on cardboard and paper) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sag Harbor, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Locust Valley, Long Island, New York, United States
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New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Buckminster Fuller
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Josef Albers NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Motherwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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