no mean feet

Author: Jim Johnson

Publisher: Awry Press (2021)

Wry Press presents a body of concrete poetry influenced work by the Denver based American artist, Jim Johnson (b.1945) created between 1969 - 1987. Inspired by his discovery of Emmett Williams' 'An Anthology of Concrete Poetry' (Something Else Press / 1967) in 1968, over the next two decades Johnson privately made a varied body of minimal & conceptual poems via typewriter & rubber stamp, which invariably feature sly bits of wordplay. While primarily a visual artist, his work has long engaged in exploring the rich multi-levels of meaning to be found in language, and the genesis of many of his graphic artworks can be found in these pieces for the page.