John Giorno is remembered for his remarkable spirit and craft, which expanded, transcended, and challenged the borders of different art forms. No other artist has woven poetry, visual art, sound performance, and dance as succinctly as Giorno did, while radically questioning their boundaries and interdependencies.
DIAL-A-POEM
1968–2012
Telephone, soundfile player with 200 digitally recorded poems from 80 poets
Object 11 x 12.5 x 22 cm / 4 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 8 5/8 in
Edition of 12 + 5 AP
© John Giorno
WE GAVE A PARTY FOR THE GODS
2017
Engraved limestone
190 x 150 x 80 cm / 74 3/4 x 59 x 31 1/2 in
Installation view, Voyage d'hiver, Château de Versailles, Versailles, 2017–2018
© John Giorno
LET IT COME LET IT GO (Monument Edition)
2017
Engraved limestone
90 x 170 x 80 cm / 35 3/8 x 66 7/8 x 31 1/2 in
Edition of 3 + 2 AP
Installation view, Voyage d'hiver, Château de Versailles, Versailles, 2017–2018
© John Giorno
EVERYONE GETS LIGHTER
2015
Screenprint and enamel on linen
101.5 x 101.5 cm / 40 x 40 in
© John Giorno
SPACE FORGETS YOU
2015
Screenprint and enamel on linen
101.5 x 101.5 cm / 40 x 40 in
© John Giorno
SPACE FORGETS YOU
2015
Silkscreen on canvas
122 x 122 cm / 48 x 48 in
© John Giorno
YOU GOT TO BURN TO SHINE
2015
Silkscreen on canvas
122 x 122 cm / 48 x 48 in
© John Giorno
I WANT TO CUM IN YOUR HEART
2012
Silkscreen on canvas
122 x 122 cm / 48 x 48 in
© John Giorno
