Tag Archives: Allen Ginsberg
RE/Searching Brion Gysin
RE/Search Publishing was founded in 1980 by V. Vale and Andrea Juno. According to the Wiki, the San Fransisco-based company was originally funded by $100 they were given by Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. This is an interesting fact as RE/Search becomes known as a magazine – eventually in book form – that celebrated Western [...]
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Ballard, Beat, beat generation, Brion Gysin, RE/Search, Situationism, The Slits, Throbbing Gristle, V. Vale, William Burroughs
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Wallace Berman: Aleph to Z
Wallace Berman was born in Staten Island, New York in 1926. While he was still a child, he correctly predicted that he would die on his 50th birthday. He was hit by a car in 1976. During those five decades, Berman became a pioneering assemblage artist as well as one of the cornerstones of the [...]
