The Singing Posters: Allen Ginsberg's Howl by Allen Ruppersberg, 2003/2005 (detail)
Photo by Steve Cohn
The Singing Posters: Poetry Sound Collage Sculpture Book
Allen Ginsberg's Howl by Allen Ruppersberg
May 7–August 23, 2015
This is a past exhibition
This exhibition was on view at the Skirball
May 7–August 23, 2015
About the Exhibition
Allen Ruppersberg’s installation The Singing Posters: Poetry Sound Collage Sculpture Book paid tribute to Allen Ginsberg’s iconic poem Howl (1955–1956), a hallmark text of the ’50s Beat generation. In order to reinterpret the piece for contemporary audiences, Ruppersberg transcribed the poem into phonetic spellings and printed the “new” text on approximately 200 vibrantly colored commercial advertising posters installed floor to ceiling on gallery walls.
In the News
Allen Ruppersberg, Bill Graham and Robert Landau at the Skirball
KCRW's Art Talk | June 4, 2015
‘The Singing Posters’: hear them howl
Jewish Journal | May 13, 2015
The Singing Posters: Allen Ruppersberg
Hyperallergic | May 5, 2015