Wednesday, February 9, 2011

11.394 WALLACE BERMAN

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  1. AMERICAN VISUAL/ASSEMBLAGE ARTIST. WORKED IN A FACTORY HE SALVAGE REJECT MATERIALS AND SCRAPS WHICH HE USED TO MAKE SCULPTURES. HE BEGAN A MAIL ART PUBLICATION CALLED SEMINA CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDED ANTONIN ARTAUD, CHARLES BUKOWSKI, WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, JEAN COCTEAU, ALLEN GINSBERG, MICHAEL MCCLURE, DAVID MELTZER, STUART PERKOFF, JOHN WEINERS. BECAME PART OF THE BEAT COMMUNITIES AND STARTED THE SEMINA ART GALLERY IN LARKSPUR, CA IN 1960. HE MADE HIS FIRST AND ONLY FILM, ALEPH, FROM 1956-1966. HE USED VERIFAX COLLAGES IN HIS WORK, ALLOWING FOR POPULAR IMAGERY ON MASS PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION.

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