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I am way, way up these days over a piece i am still writing called i remember. Matt wolf returns to joe brainards iconic poem i remember 1970 in this videowork. I remember how joe brainard liked to combine his remembrances by a counterpoint of the unbelievably banal and the lifechanging. Joe brainards collection i remember granary books has transformed me as a reader through a series of deceptively simple declarative sentences, each a memory beginning with the. Click here for an exclusive clip from matt wolfs documentary, along with the films trailer, synopsis and links for more information. Brainard made art for the same reasons the new york school poets wrote. From 1963 to 1978 joe brainard author of i remember created more than 100 works of art that appropriated the classic comic strip character nancy and sent her into an astonishing variety of. An artist associated with the new york school of poets, joe brainard 19421994 was a wonderful writer whose oneofakind autobiographical work i remember a completely original book edmund white has had a wide and growing influence.
Joe brainard was born in salem, arkansas, in 1942, but shortly thereafter his family moved to tulsa, oklahoma, where he grew up. Joe brainard has 29 books on goodreads with 5090 ratings. As autobiography, brainards method was brilliantly simple. He studied briefly at the dayton art institute in ohio before moving to new york city where he became part of a community of poets.
By repeating this simple form again and again, brainard is able to. His prodigious and innovative body of work included assemblages, collages, drawing, and painting, as well as designs for book and album covers, theatrical sets and costumes. Writing, for me, is a way of talking the way i wish i could talk. Last month, i read georges perecs i remember, an unsorted list of personal recollections, each prefaced with the title phrase.
Joe brainard s i remember is a literary and artistic cult classic, praised and admired by writers from paul auster to john ashery and edmund white. The collected writings of joe brainard by ron padgett. In an interview with pw from his country home in calais, vt. The entries range in length, from one sentence to one halfpage paragraph. Born in salem, arkansas and raised in tulsa, artist, poet, and theater set designer joe brainard moved to new york city at age 19. Our reprint of this classic is issued in conjunction with the traveling exhibition joe brainard. As he said of collaboration, its fun, and in the late 1960s, brainard took an interest in the other side of his. I remember excerpt, july 1970, vermont, read by joe brainard. Brainard starts off the essay by writing i remember the day after halloween, talk about.
Joe brainards i remember is a literary and artistic cult classic, praised and admired by writers from paul auster to john ashery and edmund white. I remember by brainard, joe author jan012001 paperback. Chris felvergetty images i n the early 1970s, new york poet and artist joe brainard. An artist associated with the new york school of poets, joe brainard 19421994 was a wonderful writer whose oneofakind autobiographical work i remember a completely original. See all books authored by joe brainard, including i remember, and the collected writings, and more on. I remember by joe brainard granary books granary books. In new yorks vibrant art and poetry scenes of the 1960s and 70s, joe brainard occupied a special place. I remember when, in high school i used to stuff a sock in my underwear. Joe brainard 19411994 was an artist and writer whose evocations of memory and desire found their greatest expression in his. There, he joined the community of new york school poets and painters who. In his experimental memoir, i remember angel hair books, 1970, joe brainard begins every paragraph with the phrase, i remember. I remember when i thought that if you did anything bad, policemen would put you in jail. Joe brainards i remember is a cult classic, envied and admired by writers from frank ohara to john ashbery and edmund white.
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