John Ashbery

They Knew What They Wanted: Collages and Poems

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John Ashbery

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John Ashbery is known foremost as a poet, but he's been creating collages for nearly as long as he's been writing poetry. He began working in the medium when he was an undergraduate at Harvard, more than 70 years ago. For the first time ever, this volume compiles a comprehensive selection of Ashbery's collage work from early days to the present. An extensive interview with John Yau delves into Ashbery's creative process and his love of creating visual art and Ashbery discusses the parallels between the two media. The volume includes about 75-100 of Ashbery's collages, from his earliest work up until the present, exploring how his visual art has evolved over the years. The book also includes approximately 20 new and previously unpublished poems by Ashbery, paired with a selection of the collages.

Author Biography:

John Ashbery is recognised as one of the greatest American poets of the 20th century. He has won numerous poetry awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Yale Younger Poets Prize, the Bollingen Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Griffin International Award, and a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. John Yau is a poet, art critic, and curator. He has published more than 50 books of poetry, fiction, and art criticism. He lives in New York City.

Release date Australia

March 27th, 2018

Author

John Ashbery

Pages

128

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

75 colour illustrations

ISBN-13

9780847860562

Product ID

27445704

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