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Galerie Eva Presenhuber

Zurich / Vienna

John Giorno

(American, 1936–2019)

space forgets you by john giorno

John Giorno

SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2015

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i want to cum in your heart by john giorno

John Giorno

I WANT TO CUM IN YOUR HEART, 2012

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everyone is a complete disappointment by john giorno

John Giorno

EVERYONE IS A COMPLETE DISAPPOINTMENT, 2012

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you got to burn to shine by john giorno

John Giorno

YOU GOT TO BURN TO SHINE, 2015

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space forgets you by john giorno

John Giorno

SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2015

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prefer crying in a limo to laughing in a bus by john giorno

John Giorno

PREFER CRYING IN A LIMO TO LAUGHING IN A BUS, 2015

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bad news is always true by john giorno

John Giorno

BAD NEWS IS ALWAYS TRUE, 2015

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don't wait for anything by john giorno

John Giorno

DON'T WAIT FOR ANYTHING, 2015

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space forgets you by john giorno

John Giorno

SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2015

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hit my nose with the stem of a rose by john giorno

John Giorno

HIT MY NOSE WITH THE STEM OF A ROSE, 2017

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jasmine burn by john giorno

John Giorno

JASMINE BURN, 2017

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lavender laughing lustful by john giorno

John Giorno

LAVENDER LAUGHING LUSTFUL, 2017

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Biography

Timeline

1936
Born New York, NY
1958
BA, Columbia College, New York, NY
1968
Giorno created DIAL-A-POEM using a telephone service to communicate poetry in a modern idiom.
Lives and works in New York, NY

Exhibitions

2010
Rip It Up and Start Again, Artists Space, New York, NY
Black Paintings and Drawings, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2009
LIFE IS A KILLER, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France (solo)
Thanx 4 Nothing: Drawings and Print Poems, Galerie Jordan Seydoux, Berlin, Germany (solo)
modern modern, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
2008
Printed in France, Jordan Seydoux Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Martian Museum of Terrestial Art, Barbican Centre, London, England
Traces du Sacre, Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France
2007
Galerie d'art Contemporain, Hôtel de Ville de Besançon, France
Welcoming the Flowers, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York, NY

Literature

2007
Subduing Demons in Amercia, Soft Scull Press, New York, NY
2006
La Saggezza Delle Streghe, Stampa Alternativa, Milan, Italy
Everyone Gets Lighter, National Library of Albania, Tirana, Albania
2005
La Sagesse Des Sorcieres, Al Dante, Paris, France
Everyone Gets Lighter, Le Residencia des Estudiants, Madrid, Spain
1998
Per Risplendere Devi Bruciare, City Lights Italia, Florence, Italy
1994
You Got To Burn To Shine, Serpent's Tail Press, New York, NY / London, UK
1985
Grasping At Emptiness, Kulchur Foundation, New York, NY
1980
Suicide Sutra, Christian Bourgois Editions, Paris, France
1977
Shit, Piss, Blood, Pus, & Brains, The Painted Bride Press, Philadelphia, PA

Performances

2008
Manifesto Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
2007
The Third Mind: Carte Blanche to Ugo Rondinone, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2006
Festival Living Voice, Marseille, France
2002
Lowland Lullaby, Ugo Rondinone, Swiss Institute, New York City, NY
1999
Central Park SummerStage, New York City, NY
1997
Raspberry & Pornographic Poem, Loeb Student Center, New York University, New York, NY
1994
Fabulous Sex/Compassion, AIDS Treatment Project Benefit, Beacon Theater, New York, NY
1987
Where the Road Meets the Rubber, AIDS Treatment Project Benefit, Beacon Theater, New York, NY
1981
The Red Night Tour
1978
The Nova Convention, New York City, NY
English (US)

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