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Max Blagg, born in England, has lived in NYC since 1971. Long recognized as an influential performer and highly respected writer on the New York literary scene, he has appeared at numerous venues in and out of NYC, including the Kitchen, Guggenheim Museum, Jackie 60, St Marks Church, Bowery Poetry Club, CBGB, KGB Bar, Performing Garage, and many other cultural landmarks. His writing has been published in numerous magazines, including Bomb, Shiny, Interview, Village Voice, Night, Verbal Abuse, Bald Ego, Open City, Aperture etc. Co-editor with Glenn O'Brien of Bald Ego, a 292 page full color magazine of art and literature (Issue #4 forthcoming 2009.) Visiting Lecturer in poetry, New School, New York City (Ongoing since 2005.) Teaching "Writing on Contemporary Photography" weekly class SVA, New York City, from September 2008. His collaboration poem/painting with Richard Prince, 1990, was featured in Prince's recent Guggenheim show, 2007, and pictured in the catalog. Publications From Here to Maternity (Aloes/London 1982) Poetry Licking the Fun Up (Aloes/London 1991) Poetry Monkey (Appearances Press 1992) Pink Instrument (Lumen/Boston 1998) Poetry Eat a Peach (poems) (privately printed) 2006. What Love sees in the Distance (poems) forthcoming Ticket Out (novel in progress) Artist's Books/Collaborations Nine Years in a Windtunnel, with drawings by Ken Tisa, (Aloes/London 1979) Notations on a Trek, drawings by Jerelyn Hanrahan, (Verlag Ricco Bilger/Zurich, 1997) New Poems/New Drawings, with James Brown, (Picaron Editions/Paris 1998) The Smoke Rings, with Donald Sultan, (U. Michigan 2001) Transformer, catalog text for Keith Sonnier exhibition, Chicago Art Institute 2005. Tower of Words, catalog text (poem) for James Nares, Schwindler Gallery, Stockholm 2006. Surface to Air, Catalog text for Sally Egbert exhibition, Salomon Fine Art East Hampton, June 2006. Beauty, Conde Nast Spain 2006, text contributor. Catalog text for Michael Halsband exhibition, Salomon Fine Art, East Hampton, Summer 2007. Catalog text for Nick Rule exhibition, Dinter Fine Art, New York City, 2007. Don't Look Back, collaboration with Jack Pierson. Limited deluxe handmade edition Carpe Diem Press Oaxaca, 2007. Marine - Ten Poems, catalog text for Alex Katz Exhibition, Jablonka Gallery Berlin 2008. Fifty Things A Man Should Know, with illustrations by Hugo Guinness, J. Crew Publications limited edition, 2008. Catalog text (poem) Joe Fyfe exhibition, JG Contemporary, New York City, February 2009. The Book of Sand, text for exhibition catalog "Sand: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor", The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York 2008 |
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