There Is No Eye

English

ISBN: 1576871711

EAN: 9781576871713

Category: Photography / History/Social Science / Popular Culture/Photography / Photoessays & Documentaries/

Publisher: powerHouse Cultural Entertainment, Incorporated

Release Date: 08/30/2011

Synopsis: You are right John Cohen-Quasimoto was right.hellip;There is no eye-there is only a series of mouths-long live the mouths-your rooftop-if you donrst already know-has been demolishedhellip;. -Bob Dylan There is a saying that the treasures of the universe may be found between the eyes of a horse. One could say that the treasures of the earth may be found between the eyes of John Cohen. For we find in the images offered by this humble man, the wisdom of simplicity-its music, and its silence. -Patti Smith Be it in the Peruvian Andes, in Kentucky bluegrass country, in the Gospel churches of Brooklyn, or in Greenwich Village with Bob Dylan and the Beats, famed musician John Cohenrss vision transcends history, even while it distills the spirit of a period and a place.There is No Eye, Cohenrss first monograph, is a guided tour through the worlds of outsider artists, poets, and musicians. Cohenrss lyrical stories of the cultures he has encountered complement his photographs taken over the past five decades. Featuring never-before-seen photographs of legendary Beat generation icons, from literary lions Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gregory Corso to artists and photographers Grace Hartigan, Franz Kline, Red Grooms, and Robert Frank, and a panoply of American Roots musicians, from Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and Muddy Waters to Doc Watson, Elizabeth Cotton, and Roscoe Holcomb,There is No Eyecaptures some of the most influential artists of our time.

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There Is No Eye

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Format: Paperback

Height: 0.6 inches

Width: 8.0 inches

Length: 10.9 inches

Weight: 32.06 oz

Pages: 200