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John Giorno. John Giorno (December 4, 1936 – October 11, 2019) was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events. Giorno's creative journey was marked by collaborations, groundbreaking initiatives, and a ...
John Giorno was a contemporary American poet and artist known for his renowned poem, silkscreen, and installation piece of the same name, THANX 4 NOTHING.Taking on issues of sexuality, death, psychedelic drugs, and his life in New York, Giorno’s text-based work and poetry often employs appropriation and performance to evoke memories and feelings of transcendence.
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John Giorno (December 4, 1936 – October 11, 2019) was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events.
Biography. John Giorno was born on December 4, 1936, in New York City. After earning a BA from Columbia University in 1958, Giorno established himself as an active presence in New York’s art scene, lauded for his starring role in Andy Warhol’s five-hour film Sleep (1963). A life-long collaborator, he staged multimedia events with Robert ...
Oct 14, 2019 · John Giorno, who died at 82 on Friday, was an artist who had an inimitable way with words. The early part of his career, during the 1950s and ’60s, was marked by experimentation with the sound ...
Apr 2, 2013 · John Giorno. If there is a spiritual shrine in New York City devoted to the downtown art and literary worlds of the past half-century, it exists in a building below Houston Street on the Bowery, in the three lofts owned by poet, performer, painter, and legend John Giorno. Giorno has lived in the building for almost five decades and divides his ...
John Giorno. 1936–2019. (Photo by Michel Delsol/Getty Images) Poet and visual artist John Giorno was born in 1936 in New York City. He attended Columbia University and worked as a stockbroker for a short time before meeting Andy Warhol in 1962. A romantic relationship ensued, and Giorno was featured in Warhol’s first film, Sleep (1963).
