Joe Brainard

Joe Brainard... Untitled (ftd) (1975, Mixed media collage). From the exhibition Joe Brainard at Adam Baumgold Gallery. "...Joe Brainard was one of the most gifted collage and mixed media artists in the second half of the 20th century. This exhibition of over 40 works will focus on his collage, mixed media works and drawings from the 1970's - a period of intense artistic activity for Brainard which ended with his decision to stop exhibiting his work publicly after 1979. The works from this decade derive from pop culture, mass media, advertising and art related sources in an affectionate manner, devoid of the sense of detachment or cool of the pop artists. 'Joe Brainard (1942-1994) was a word-and-image man the way other people are song-and-dance men or women. In his art, language and pictures flowed together effortlessly, almost musically.' These works are seamlessly drawn and assembled, with a touch so light as to completely disarm."