Not dissimilar to the fate of Ed Ruscha's 'Twentysix Gasoline Stations' which was returned to him by the Library of Congress, regarded as being too categorically nebulous for their collections. Ruscha later added REJECTED to his ad plugging the book in 'Artforum'.
Hello.
Great article!
May I ask where you got the first quote by Johnson from? (The one about skiing in Aspen and questioning the nature of the magazine.)
Thanks Nicolas. The quote is from the editorial letter in the first edition. You can get to it via https://www.ubu.com/
Not dissimilar to the fate of Ed Ruscha's 'Twentysix Gasoline Stations' which was returned to him by the Library of Congress, regarded as being too categorically nebulous for their collections. Ruscha later added REJECTED to his ad plugging the book in 'Artforum'.
That's another piece to write: rejected masterpieces.