Table of Contents
Key to abbreviated references in notes
Notes on image credits
Prelude
1 The Other Ray Johnson
Presenting Ray Johnson. What’s in a name?
2 What Is a Moticos?
1945-1965. Homeless forms: from Black Mountain to A BOOK ABOUT DEATH.
3 ICE
1964-1967. Crystallizations: correspondence art and mosaic collage.
4 Fan Club
1963-1968. Fame as a form of art, fame as a form of death.
5 Ray Johnson’s History of
1969-1973. The art world viewed from outer space.
6 Silhouette University
1973-1980. Shadow institutions and throwaway gestures.
7 The Curtain Opens
1980-1995. “I do not exits”: Ray Johnson’s memory theater.
Coda
Acknowledgements
A selective bibliography of writings on and by Ray Johnson
Additional works cited
Index