PLEASE SEND TO REAL LIFE: Ray Johnson Photographs Vanessa Winship and the problematic use of

and the problematic use of his own body as a model for sculptural forms

San Francisco (3 February)

By bringing undercurrents of doubt and darkness to the surface of her images

His concerns are contemporary: his love of the earth is ecology

child and parent reverse roles—the watched-over becomes the watcher

PLEASE SEND TO REAL LIFE: Ray Johnson Photographs Vanessa Winship and the problematic use ofA widely connected pioneer of Pop and mail art, Ray Johnson was described as New Yorks most famous unknown artist. Best known for his dense, allusive collages, he stopped exhibiting in 1991, but his output did not diminish. Between 1992 and 1994, using 137 disposable cameras, he created a large body of work that is only now coming to light. Staging his artworks in settings near his home in Locust Valley, Long Island parking lots, sidewalks, beaches,