John Ashbery's Collages at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Contrast with Mario Naves and Trevor Winkfield
From September 4 to October 4, 2008, Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York hosted an exhibition featuring collages by poet John Ashbery, spanning his Harvard years in the late 1940s to 2008. This showcase was juxtaposed with Mario Naves's collages at Elizabeth Harris Gallery. Ashbery's works, often incorporating postcards and materials from Joe Brainard, present familiar imagery within surreal settings, such as "Diffusion of Knowledge" (1972). In contrast, Naves's "Postcards from Florida" series focuses on form and cohesion. A review in The New York Sun also noted Trevor Winkfield's solo exhibition, which included glossy paintings inspired by graphic design and European pop, while discussing the historical ties between collage and poetry.
Key facts
- John Ashbery's collage exhibition ran from September 4 to October 4, 2008 at Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York.
- Ashbery's collages date from his Harvard undergraduate days in the late 1940s to 2008 works using chutes and ladders boards.
- Mario Naves had his fourth solo exhibition at Elizabeth Harris Gallery in 2008, featuring abstract "Postcards from Florida" collages.
- Trevor Winkfield's solo exhibition at Tibor de Nagy Gallery complemented Ashbery's display, with Winkfield designing Ashbery's book covers since 1988.
- Ashbery's collages often use postcards as supports, with materials from Joe Brainard, and feature recognizable imagery in dreamlike settings.
- Naves's collages are abstract, using fabricated painted papers, emphasizing shapes and unity over incongruity.
- The review was originally published in The New York Sun on September 4, 2008, and republished by artcritical in 2017.
- Collage is historically linked to poetry through inventors like Picasso and Braque, inspired by poets such as Guillaume Apollinaire.
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- John Ashbery
- Mario Naves
- Trevor Winkfield
- Pablo Picasso
- George Braque
- Blaise Cendrars
- Pierre Reverdy
- Guillaume Apollinaire
- Max Ernst
- Henri Matisse
- Jean Arp
- Kurt Schwitters
- Mimmo Rotella
- Joe Brainard
- Peter Phillips
- Patrick Caulfield
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Valerio Adami
- Richard Lindner
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- Elizabeth Harris Gallery
- The New York Sun
- artcritical
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- New York Observer
- Ringling College of Art and Design
- Smithsonian Institution
- Royal College of Art
- Juilliard
- Sienese Shredder
- New York Sun
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