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John Giorno    (American, 1936)

 John Giorno - Untitled (on the Bowery) (Prints) h: 66 x w: 66.5 cm / h: 26 x w: 26.2 in
John Giorno
Untitled (on the Bowery) 1971
 
  

Biography
1958 Studied in Columbia University in New York, NY, BA, USA
1968 Originated DIAL-A-POEM
1965 - 1970 Originated Electronic Sensory Poem Environments (ESPE), which innovated the use of technology and performance in poetry readings.
1968 - 1974 Initiated Consumer Product Poetry
Lives and works in New York, NY, USA

Exhibitions
2008 ‘Traces du Sacré’, Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France
2007 Galerie d’art Contemporain, Hôtel de Ville de Besançon, France
2005 ‘Millions of Stars Come into my Heart, Welcome home’, Galerie du jour Agnès b, Paris, France;
2005 Multiplo - 3, N.O.Gallery - Giannattasio, Milano, Italy
2005 Multiplo - 1, N.O.Gallery - Giannattasio, Milano, Italy
2004 Multiple Strategies
2003 Zona People 1974-1985 Non profit art space - Firenze
2003 Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2002 Lowland Lullaby
2002 SI Swiss Institute, New York, NY, USA
1997 Stadtische Galerie, Rosenheim, Germany
1993 Galerie Donguy, Paris, France
1993 Artist’s Space, New York, NY, USA
1992 Kunstwerke Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1992 Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Literature
1994 ‘You Got To Burn To Shine’, Serpent’s Tail Press
1985 ‘Grasping at Emptiness’, Kulchur Foundation
1980 ‘Suicide Sutra’, Christian Bourgeois Editeur, Paris, France
1977 ‘Shit, Piss, Blood & Brains’, The Painted Bride Press, Philadelphia, PA
1973 ‘Cancer in My Left Ball’, Something Else Press
1971 ‘Cum’, Adventures in Poetry, New York, NY
1970 ‘Cunt’, Marz Verlag, Dharmstadt
1970 ‘Balling Buddha’, Kulchur Press
1969 ‘Johnny Guitar’, Angel Hair Books
1967 ‘Poems by John Giorno’, Mother Press
1964 'The American Book of the Dead’
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