Dial-a-Poem
In 1968, Giorno created DIAL-A-POEM using a telephone service to communicate poetry in a modern idiom. More than one million people used the service, which inspired a range of artistic and commercial applications such as Dial-A-Joke, Dial Sports and Dial-A-Horoscope.
"I have this theory about when a poem works. When you perform a poem and the audience is enraptured, you just feel it. It's not necessarily that it's a great poem; the audience thinks that they're hearing these words, but in my mind that's not so. What they're hearing is the refelction of something in their mind. Any great poem - any great work - is just a mirror held up to someone else's mind."
-John Giorno, Artforum, 2009
FOXGLOVE CARILLON CRYING PEARLS, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches
101.6 x 101.6 cm
CARNATIONS GLORIOUSLY SELF SERVING, 2017
Graphite on paper
19 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches
49.8 x 49.8 cm
DAFFODILS BAPTIZED IN BUTTER, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches
101.6 x 101.6 cm
FERNS UNFURLING FEATHERS GRACIOUSLY NEEDY, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches
101.6 x 101.6 cm
HIT MY NOSE WITH THE STEM OF A ROSE, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches
101.6 x 101.6 cm
POPPIES PACKED WITH DRUG TREATS, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches
101.6 x 101.6 cm
BAD NEWS IS ALWAYS TRUE, 2016
Scheveningen Red Medium on paper
29 1/2 x 29 7/8 inches
75 x 75.8 cm
EATING THE SKY, 2016
Cobalt Violet on paper
20 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches
51.2 x 51 cm
SIT IN MY HEART AND SMILE, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
56 x 56 inches
142.2 x 142.2 cm
SUICIDES ARE SONGS OF ASPIRATION, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches
101.6 x 101.6 cm
IT DOESN'T GET BETTER, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 inches
121.9 x 121.9 cm
HURRICANE IN A DROP OF CUM, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 inches
121.9 x 121.9 cm
JUST SAY NO TO FAMILY VALUES, 2010
graphite and color pencil on paper
5 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches
13.3 x 13.3 cm
Installation View, Perfect Flowers, 2017, Elizabeth Dee, New York
Installation View, Perfect Flowers, 2017, Elizabeth Dee, New York
Installation View, Perfect Flowers, 2017, Elizabeth Dee, New York
Installation View, John Giorno: Space Forgets You, Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich. Photocredit: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich.
Installation View, John Giorno: Space Forgets You, Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich. Photocredit: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich.
Installation View, John Giorno: Space Forgets You, Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich. Photocredit: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich.
Installation View, John Giorno: Space Forgets You, Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich. Photocredit: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich.
Installation view, I LOVE JOHN GIORNO, 2015, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Installation view, I LOVE JOHN GIORNO, 2015, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Installation view, I LOVE JOHN GIORNO, 2015, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Installation view, SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2015, Elizabeth Dee, New York
Installation view, SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2015, Elizabeth Dee, New York
Installation view, SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2015, Elizabeth Dee, New York
Installation view, SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2015, Elizabeth Dee, New York
Installation view, SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2015, Elizabeth Dee, New York
Installation view, SPACE FORGETS YOU, 2015, Elizabeth Dee, New York
Installation view, Interventions sur le Bâtiment, Le Cri du Mur, 2013 Palais de Tokyo
Installation view, Interventions sur le Bâtiment, Le Cri du Mur, 2013 Palais de Tokyo
Installation view, Interventions sur le Bâtiment, Le Cri du Mur, 2013 Palais de Tokyo
Installation view, 39 Great Jones, Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, 2013
Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
Photos: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
Installation view, Thanx 4 Nothing, Faux Mouvement Centre d'Art contemporain, Metz, France, 2012
Installation view, Thanx 4 Nothing, Faux Mouvement Centre d'Art contemporain, Metz, France, 2012
