Jerry Johnson, 1990
File — Box: 4
Comment from Mary Dery
Cited in my NYT article on culture jamming, Johnson was, in fact, an example of jamming at its most innocuous, a benignly “transgressive” public artist who painted anachronistic ads, done in a convincingly anachronistic style, on New York buildings. Some were for actual clients (such as the cable TV network Nick at Nite, others were for nonexistent, genially parodic products. Folder contains postcards of his work.
Dates
- Creation: 1990
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 3.36 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
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Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu