This broadside was produced in celebration of “People of the World Relax!!!,” an exhibition of the work of Joe Brainard curated by Sandra Q. Firmin at the University at Buffalo. The exhibition highlighted original drawings from Brainard’s self-published journal C Comics 2 as well as assemblages, collages, and paper cut outs. Numerous publications to which Brainard contributed writings and drawings such as The White Dove Review, C Journal, and Big Sky were also on view.

57 x 36 cm. (2007) Printed letterpress on Somerset Satin from photopolymer plates. Steve Clay, Kenward Elmslie, and Ron Padgett came to kick off the festivities and signed each copy in this edition of 100.

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Joe Brainard (1942-94) grew up in Tulsa, Okla., where he first began designing signs and posters for school clubs. I In late 1960 he moved to New York City, where he continued his early collaborations with poets and writers, as well as developed an engaging visual art practice. Throughout the 1960s and '70s, Brainard was part of a burgeoning literary and artistic circle that included, Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, Larry Rivers, Jane Freilicher, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns.

Learn about Joe at www.joebrainard.org