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Poem: Famous At 20 (1979)

RENE RICARD, FAMOUS AT 20  (1979)   & and I still expect to be deferred to     To get in free with a crowd     So I don't go to places where I have to pay  ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:13:00 GMT

Essay: Andy Warhol, Thirty Are Better Then One

Andy Warhol:Thirty Are Better Then One Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York Essay by Rene Ricard, 1997   When Pop Art first hit the early sixties, the representational painters thought that painting ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:08:00 GMT

Essay: The Pledge of Allegiance (1982)

The Pledge of Allegiance Rene Ricard Originally published in Artforum, Nov. 1982   There's a foreign legion of women, too. But we have no uniformsno flagsand no medals when we are brave.&nbs...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:04:00 GMT

Rene Ricard Publications

..> Books of Poetry & Art: 1 Rene Ricard 1979-1980;  DIA Foundation Publications, 1979 Fifty-five poems were offered in this volume published by DIA.  Ricard's friend from the ...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:42:00 GMT

Poem - On Being Called A Dilettante (1977)

   On Being Called a Dilettante      Why did I get up today or yesterday?     There is no cushioning layer of beauty     Between the ha...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:51:00 GMT

Essay - Radiant Child (1981)

  The Radiant Child Rene Ricard  I remember the first Tags (where is Taki?), Breaking (where you spin on your head), Rapping (where I first heard it). I know the names, but are the names i...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:45:00 GMT

Rene Ricard Performances

..> Performances: A listing of stage, film, and recorded performances in which  Rene Ricard appears, as well as public performances of works written by Ricard. 1 Queen of Night Gotta Box...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:37:00 GMT