| LC control no. | n 85181232 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3557.I53 |
| Personal name heading | Giorno, John |
| Birth date | 1936 |
| Death date | 2019-10-11 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | American poetry Performance art |
| Affiliation | Giorno Poetry Systems Institute |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Artists |
| Found in | His Grasping at emptiness, c1985: CIP t.p. (John Giorno) galley (poet) data sheet (b. 1936) LC data base, 8-26-85 (hdg.: Giorno, John) Jim Lambie, 2017: title page (John Giorno) page 255 (John Giorno is a poet and performance artist based in New York; in 1965, he founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems with the goal of connecting poetry and related art forms to a larger audience using innovative ideas, such as communication technology and audiovisual materials and techniques; inspired by a close relationship with Andy Warhol (Giorno was the protagonist of Andy Warhol's film Sleep), and subsequent relationships with many Pop artists. Giorno began applying Pop art techniques to his poetry, creating work known as his Poem Prints and Poem Paintings, which he has exhibited nationally and internationally; Giorno's work is also included in numerous museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'Art Moderne, Paris) El país WWW site, viewed Oct. 15, 2019 (in obituary dated Oct. 13, 2019: John Giorno; born 1936 in New York; died Friday [Oct. 11, 2019] at age 82) |
| Associated language | eng |
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