"Both this book and the exhibition it complements explore the wide range of Johnson's artistic production, including his early abstractions and graphic design broadsides of the 1950s, New York Correspondence School mailings and performances of the 1960s and 1970s, and silhouette-laden collages of the 1980s and 1990s. Many of the images reproduced here have never been published before. The texts, too, with the exception of the 1982 interview with the artist, have been commissioned specifically for this publication. They offer historical as well as personal perspectives on the life and work of Ray Johnson, and serve as a look at this important though elusive American artist."--BOOK JACKET.