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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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