John Giorno was born in New York in His work embraces two disciplines: poetry and art, which have been a source of mutual fascination and inspiration for centuries. The canvases of this New York icon move comfortably from punchy black and white works to watercolours in all hues of the rainbow, and vary from the large format to the smaller and more intimate square piece.
The word alone has the right to quote or to challenge in his oeuvre. The artists that formed his entourage fuelled his desire to reinvent poetry. I want to cum in your heart , Eating the sky , I want it to rain for the rest of my life. These phrases find their inspiration among the founding fathers of the Beat Generation; Burroughs, Ginsberg, Gysin, of whom Giorno is the last messenger, both at the heart of the New York underground rock movement and Tibetan Buddhist meditation, of which he is an avid practitioner.
For Giorno, the concept of artistic medium seems to be incidental: almost nothing seems to stop this great preacher in his pursuit of sound, rhythm and the absolute image.
John Giorno — Paintings. John Giorno Paintings. Almine Rech Gallery Gallery Details.
