Ray DiPalma
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Ray DiPalma is an American poet and visual artist who has published more than 40 collections of poetry, graphic work, and translations with various presses in the US and Europe. He was educated at Duquesne University
(B.A., 1966) and University of Iowa
(M.F.A., 1968).
s, and prints
) have been exhibited in numerous shows in the United States, Europe, Japan, and South America, and in a one-person show at the Stemplelplatt's Gallery in Amsterdam
. Two videos based on his book January Zero were made in France.
He lives in New York City
and teaches at the School of Visual Arts
in Manhattan. His work has been seen at Art Institute of Chicago
; Special Collections, University of California, San Diego
; J. Paul Getty Museum
, Los Angeles; New York Public Library
and the Museum of Modern Art
.
(or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E
poets, after the magazine that bears that name), DiPalma was the co-author of L E G E N D (1980) with Bruce Andrews
, Charles Bernstein
, Steve McCaffery
, and Ron Silliman
. L E G E N D was the only book to actually appear under the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E imprint.
His work has been praised by such notable poets as Jackson MacLow and Robert Creeley
. About his 1995 collection, Motion of the Cypher , critic Marjorie Perloff
has written, "These chiseled lyric meditations recall Wallace Stevens
in their density, but they are written under the sign of Dada
- appropriate for the late twentieth century, that casts a cold eye on the margins, the spaces between, where we live."
Of DiPalma's work, Robert Creeley has written:
Duquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
(B.A., 1966) and University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
(M.F.A., 1968).
Overview
DiPalma's writings have been widely anthologized and published in numerous journals. Translations of his poems have appeared in French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Spanish, and Chinese. His visual works (including artist's books, collageCollage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
s, and prints
Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
) have been exhibited in numerous shows in the United States, Europe, Japan, and South America, and in a one-person show at the Stemplelplatt's Gallery in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. Two videos based on his book January Zero were made in France.
He lives in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and teaches at the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
in Manhattan. His work has been seen at Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
; Special Collections, University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
; J. Paul Getty Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Museum, a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, is an art museum. It has two locations, one at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, and one at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California...
, Los Angeles; New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
and the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
.
Poetics
Often associated with the Language poetsLanguage poets
The Language poets are an avant garde group or tendency in United States poetry that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
(or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E (magazine)
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E was an avant garde poetry magazine edited by Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews that ran thirteen issues from 1978 to 1981...
poets, after the magazine that bears that name), DiPalma was the co-author of L E G E N D (1980) with Bruce Andrews
Bruce Andrews
Bruce Andrews is a U.S. poet who is one of the key figures associated with the Language poets .-Life and work:...
, Charles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein is an American poet, theorist, editor, and literary scholar. Bernstein holds the Donald T. Regan Chair in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the most prominent members of the Language poets . In 2006 he was elected a Fellow of the American...
, Steve McCaffery
Steve McCaffery
Steven McCaffery is a Canadian poet and scholar who was a professor at York University. He currently holds the Gray Chair at SUNY Buffalo . McCaffery was born in Sheffield, England and lived in the UK for most of his youth attending University of Hull. He moved to Toronto in 1968...
, and Ron Silliman
Ron Silliman
Ron Silliman is an American poet. He has written and edited over 30 books, and has had his poetry and criticism translated into 12 languages. He is often associated with language poetry. Between 1979 and 2004, Silliman wrote a single poem, The Alphabet...
. L E G E N D was the only book to actually appear under the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E imprint.
His work has been praised by such notable poets as Jackson MacLow and Robert Creeley
Robert Creeley
Robert Creeley was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school's. He was close with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners and Ed Dorn. He served as the Samuel P...
. About his 1995 collection, Motion of the Cypher , critic Marjorie Perloff
Marjorie Perloff
Marjorie Perloff is an Austrian-born U.S. poetry critic.Perloff was born Gabriele Mintz into a secularized Jewish family in Vienna. Faced with Nazi terror, her family emigrated in 1938 when she was six-and-a-half, going first to Zürich and then to the United States, settling in Riverdale, New York...
has written, "These chiseled lyric meditations recall Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was an American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as a lawyer for the Hartford insurance company in Connecticut.His best-known poems include "Anecdote of the Jar",...
in their density, but they are written under the sign of Dada
Dada
Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a...
- appropriate for the late twentieth century, that casts a cold eye on the margins, the spaces between, where we live."
Of DiPalma's work, Robert Creeley has written:
Selected publications
- Max (The Body Press, 1969)
- Between the Shapes (Zeitgeist, 1970)
- Soli (Ithaca House, 1974)
- Observatory Gardens (Berkeley: Tuumba Press, 1979)
- Planh (Casement, 1979)
- January Zero (Coffee House Press, 1984)
- The Jukebox of Memnon (Potes & Poets Press, 1988)
- Raik (Roof Books, 1989)
- Mock Fandango (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1991)
- Metropolitan Corridor (Zasterle, 1992)
- Numbers and Tempers: Selected Early Poems (Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1993)
- Platinum Replica [with Elizabeth DiPalma] (Stele, 1994)
- Hôtel des Ruines [with Alexandre Delay], (Royaumont, 1994)
- Provocations (Potes & Poets, 1994)
- Motion of the Cypher ( Roof Books, 1995)
- Letters (Littoral Books, 1998)
- Chartings, with Lyn HejinianLyn HejinianLyn Hejinian is an American poet, essayist, translator and publisher. She is often associated with the Language poets and is well known for her landmark work My Life , as well as her book of essays, The Language of Inquiry .-Life:Hejinian was born in the San...
. (Chax Press, 2000) - 45° (Stele, 2000)
- The Ancient Use of Stone: Journals and Daybooks 1998-2008. (Otis Books / Seismicity Editions, 2009)
- also of note: Le Tombeau de Reverdy (translated to French by Emmanuel HocquardEmmanuel HocquardEmmanuel Hocquard is a French poet who grew up in Tangier, Morocco. He served as the editor of the small press Orange Export Ltd., and, with Claude Royet-Journoud, edited two anthologies of new American poets, 21+1: Poètes américains ď aujourďhui and 49+1...
& Juliette Valéry) was published in Marseille by cip/M & Un bureau sur l'Atlantique.
External links
- DiPalma at TheEastVillage.com
- Ron Silliman on Ray DiPalma an appreciation
- from The Ancient Use of Stone new poetry (2006) by DiPalma
- Three poems at Jacket Magazine
- Four poems at "Exquisite Corpse'
- e-text of Legend