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Reviews
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS: Mark Ford
It is, though, precisely the absence of 'authority' which makes Brainard's work so charming and available, so true a response to the variegations of the everyday; it never badgers us to admire it, nor promises some life-changing revelation. It asks to be appreciated not as a concept, as a 'Brainard', but as a compilation of a myriad small perceptions and memories. It is hard to think of an artist both so original and so unconceited. Read more...
BOOKFORUM: Albert Mobilio
Brainard was a master of life's microcomedies, the unheard laughter that courses through any truly alert consciousness. And Nancy, with that bow like a pulsating noodle in her frizzy hair, is as good a Descartes as any for our age. Read more...
BROOKLYN RAIL: John Yau
[Brainard's] brilliance was his ability to be joyful and rude, innocent and devilish, to charm us with one hand and smack us with the other. Recognizing that humor can be as stinging as a dip in the ocean, he made his charm synonymous with ferocious wit. Read more...
More Editorial Coverage
ARTNET, April 24
BOOKLIST, March 15
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, May 13
POETS & WRITERS, June/July
SFSTATION, April 25
TIME OUT NY, May 7
Forthcoming Reviews
The New York Times (July 13)
OUT.com (August 1)
Lambda Book Report (summer)
American Book Review (summer)
Poetryfoundation.org (summer)
Art in America (fall)
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Special Offer
Every order (until we run out)
will receive a set of twelve different
cards that reproduce the
ink drawings from Joe Brainard's
1974 "IF." Not for sale and available nowhere else!
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