#kynastonmcshine

Featured spreads, both by Giorno Poetry Systems, are reproduced from ‘Information,’ MoMA’s fiftieth anniversary facsimile edition of the legendary catalog for curator Kynaston McShine’s 1970 survey of conceptual art—the first of its kind at a major institution. Featuring work by pioneering conceptualists such as Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Hanne Darboven, Sol LeWitt, Lucy R. Lippard, Helio Oiticica, Yoko Ono, Adrian Piper, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Smithson, Lawrence Weiner, John Giorno (of Giorno Poetry Systems) and many more, the catalog is one of the most satisfying examples of highbrow low-fi publishing that we’ve ever encountered. If you’re into facsimile editions, this one’s simply excellent. Giorno’s “Dial-a-Poem,” represented by the spreads reproduced here, invited museumgoers to dial the telephone number 956-7032 to hear poems read by John Ashbery, William Burroughs, Bernadette Mayer, Frank O’Hara, Bobby Seale, Anne Waldman and others. #informationshow #kynastonmcshine #johngiorno #giornopoetrysystems #dialapoem @themuseumofmodernart https://www.instagram.com/p/B3sZUKpJutZ/?igshid=2a695hxqi7ju

I met Kynaston soon after Raj started at MoMA, and somehow we got along and became friends. As he was packing up for retirement I visited him one day and took some portraits ... sometime after, I was told by someone at the museum I had done something terrible. As I am wondering what that could have been, they jokingly added 'you showed us that Kynaston could smile'. I reckon he was both a legendary curator and tough cookie, having made his way from the Caribbean to the forefront of the international art world. (He was also the only curator of color at MoMA for many years.) This morning Kynaston passed away. Just a few days ago at the hospice, we saw this same twinkle in his eyes - and that is how we'll remember him. Godspeed, friend! #kynastonmcshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #nyc #portrait #moma #museumofmodernart #art #artnews #curator (at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art)