Jean Foos
Cannonball Lagoon Jean Foos postcard paintings First Edition of 250 copies printed in August 2014 on the occasion of the exhibition, Cannonball Lagoon, at Governors Island Art Fair, NYC. 4heads.org Images copyright © 2014 Jean Foos Design by Dirk Rowntree All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published by Ragged Sky Press PO Box 312 Annandale, NJ 08801 Ragged Sky Press is a nonprofit organization under the umbrella of Co Works, which supports literary and visual arts in New Jersey. raggedsky.com ISBN: 978-1-933974-15-6
This book is composed in Noble, a family of typefaces designed byTobias Frere-Jones, who was influenced by the Dutch designer Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos. Printed in the USA by Digital City
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Cannonball Lagoon Painting credits and information (all works 4 x 6 inches) Christopher Wool at the Guggenheim page 4
Bruce Gagnier at John Davis Gallery page 18
Sarah Faux at Garis and Hahn page 5
Mike Kelley at MoMA PS1 page 19
Jean Foos at Y Gallery page 6
Good Luck Group at Y Gallery page 20
Rineke Dijkstra at the Guggenheim page 7
G. T. Pelizzi at Y Gallery page 21
Kirsten Kindler at Mulherin + Pollard page 8
Susan Silas at Studio 10 page 22
Hunter Reynolds for Visual AIDS page 9
Susan Silas at Studio 10 page 23
Elaine Equi’s Cinema Tarot page 10
Carl Fudge at Feldman Gallery page 24
Elaine Equi’s Cinema Tarot page 11
Eric Rhein’s Deer Man-Full Frontal page 25
Elaine Equi’s Cinema Tarot page 12
Joy Episalla and Susan Silas at Momenta Art page 26
Norma Markley at Y Gallery page 13
Joy Episalla and Susan Silas at Momenta Art page 27
Elliott Lloyd at Y Gallery page 14
Christopher Wool at the Guggenheim page 28
Elliott Lloyd at Y Gallery page 15
Shari Mendelson at John Davis Gallery page 29
Shari Mendelson at John Davis Gallery page 16
Lori Ellison at McKenzie Fine Art page 30
Mike Kelley at MoMA PS1 page 17
Lori Ellison at McKenzie Fine Art page 31
Sharon Horvath page 32 Painting Structures at Painting Center page 33 Color as Structure at McKenzie Fine Art page 34 Color as Structure at McKenzie Fine Art page 35 Jared Clark at Mulherin + Pollard page 36 Jared Clark at Mulherin + Pollard page 37 Rick Briggs at Brian Morris Gallery page 38 Jean Foos at York Square Cinema Gallery page 39 Don Voisine at McKenzie Fine Art page 40 Christopher Wool at the Guggenheim page 41 Eric Rhein from Leaves an AIDS memorial page 42 Rick Briggs at Brian Morris Gallery page 43 Jean Foos at York Square Cinema Gallery page 44
Acknowledgements A special note of gratitude to Nicole Laemmle, Jack Robinson, and Antony Zito (the 4heads) for granting me a summer 2014 studio residency on Governors Island. Thank you to our A.I.R. Director, Lori Nelson, and all the other artists who shared building #404 this year: Ellen Blum, Brendan Donleavy, Cynthia Ruse, George Kroenert, Eric Lawrence, Sangjun Yoo, Sean Boggs, Sabrina Barrios, Taezoo Park, Michelle Frick, Will Kurtz, Maura Falfรกn, Ed Grant, Gabrielle Duggan, and Anthony Heinz May. Thanks to the Trust for Governors Island for generously providing our space, and to all the sponsors to the Art Fair, now in its seventh year. I have borrowed images from artists and galleries to make my postcard paintings. I am most grateful to them.