mercoledì 11 settembre 2024

Art Institute Chicago, Ray Johnson and the Last Dance of the Taoist Collages

 

 

A Look into the Art Institute of Chicago's Ray Johnson Collection
by Jenny Harris & Jessica Smith

 

After Chicago-area choreographer Sybil Shearer died in 2005, a box with unexpected contents 

was discovered tucked away in her attic.

It was filled with artworks—what the artist Ray Johnson called his Taoist Collages

—that he had mailed to her 50 years earlier. These collages were not simply a 

stand-alone mailing between two friends, but rather the precursors to Johnson’s 

mail art practice. They marked a pivotal moment in the artist’s career when he 

was using the postal system to disperse his early collages, works he called “moticos.” 

Researching these rediscovered works offered a new perspective onto Johnson’s 

ties to the world of dance while also shedding new light on the Art Institute’s 

own holdings of Johnson’s work...

 

 
 
 


 



    

 

One of 171 3-ring binders spanning the years of Johnson’s and Wilson’s respective lifetimes

 

 

 Ray Johnson Collections 

at the Art Institute of Chicago

We are thrilled to announce that the Ray Johnson Collections database at the Art Institute 

of Chicago is now available to the public both online and in person. This digital collection 

includes not only the database but also video tutorials, a usage guide, collection finding 

aids, selected images from the collections, and more. 

 

 

 

CURRENT & UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS
Queer Networks: Ray Johnson's Correspondence by Miriam Kienle, University of Minnesota Press, 

November 2023
 

A Book About Ray by Ellen Levy, MIT Press, October 15, 2024

RECENT PRESS
Ray Johnson’s Elusive Dream: ‘I Want to Dance’ by Jenny Harris for the New York Times
The Unknown Ray Johnson Takes the Spotlight by Roberta Smith for the New York Times
Ray Johnson by Hilton Als for the New Yorker

THE RAY JOHNSON ESTATE
34 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021
+1 (212) 628-0470 | info@rayjohnsonestate.com
www.rayjohnsonestate.com

        

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