In memory of my feelings
Subtitle: Frank O'Hara and American art
By: Russell Ferguson.
Contributors: O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966.; Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966 -- Exhibitions; Art, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.; Biography
Other titles: Frank O'Hara and American art
Description: "Not only was Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) one of the most important American poets of his generation, he was also intimately involved with the art world of the 1950s and 1960s, a time when New York had become the cultural capital of the world. As an associate curator at the Museum of Modern Art, O'Hara organized a series of important exhibitions, notably the work of Franz Kline and of Robert Motherwell. In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O'Hara and American Art explores this key period in modern art by presenting artists who were associated with O'Hara and whose seminal works are reflected in his poetry." "Featuring over 80 works by twenty-three artists, the book focuses on works closely tied to specific poems by Frank O'Hara, notably Jasper Johns's In Memory of My Feelings - Frank O'Hara and Grace Hartigan's Oranges. Included here are direct collaborations between O'Hara and various artists such as Joe Brainard, Norman Bluhm, and Larry Rivers, as well as portraits of the poet by Elaine de Kooning and Alex Katz. Franz Kline, Alice Neel, and Joan Mitchell are some of the other artists highlighted." "The book is a re-examination of the relationship between art and poetry at this crucial moment in American art. It also offers new insights into the charismatic figure of Frank O'Hara and his world."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and index.
Exhibition catalog.
Presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, July 11-Nov.14, 1999.