Jonas Mekas, artist and art
Born Dec 23 1922, Birth Semeniskiai, Lithuania.
The artist lives and works in New York, USA.
Filmmaker and poet.
Artist biography, artworks, statement, interview, review, exhibition:
Curator, writer and filmmaker Jonas Mekas is the godfather of American avant-garde filmmaking, or the New American Cinema, as he dubbed it in the late 1950s…
Poetry
Still from: He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of his Life
Artist’s website
Jonas Mekas began to arrange screenings with a new energy: first weekend midnight programs at the Charles Theater on Avenue B and East 12th Street in 1961 and subsequently at the Bleecker Street Cinema and the Gramercy Arts in 1963…
Auctions & Auction Results
From leading auction houses worldwide, Jonas Mekas on Mutualart
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