Joe Brainard
Writer, Author
1941 – 1994
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Who was Joe Brainard?
Joe Brainard was an American artist and writer associated with the New York School. His prodigious and innovative body of work included assemblages, collages, drawing, and painting, as well as designs for book and album covers, theatrical sets and costumes. In particular, Brainard broke new ground in using comics as a poetic medium in his collaborations with other New York School poets. He is best known for his memoir I Remember of which Paul Auster said: “It is…one of the few totally original books I have ever read.”
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- Born
- Mar 11, 1941
Arkansas - Siblings
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 25, 1994
United States of America
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on July 23, 2013
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