Love Poems

by Rene Ricard, Robert Hawkins (Illustrator)

Love Poems by Rene Ricard, with drawings by Robert Hawkins, is a unique collaboration between the notorious and brilliant poet (who's also all three of those things as a writer on art), and his penetratingly sharp and inspired artist colleague. It presents three multi-page poems by Ricard, with illustrations by Hawkins on every page. It's spectacular.

Genres: Poetry

21 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Rene Ricard (July 23, 1946 – February 1, 2014) was an American poet, art critic and painter. In a lengthy, varied and acclaimed career, Ricard was both a commenter on and participant in some of the most seminal artistic moments of New York City's vibrant cultural scene.

By age eighteen, he had moved to New York City, where he became a protégé of Andy Warhol. He appeared in the Warhol films Kitchen (1965), Chelsea Girls (1966), and The Andy Warhol Story (1966).

In the 1980s, he wrote a series of influential essays for Artforum magazine, including "The Radiant Child" (December 1981), which helped launch the career of painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Ricard has also contributed art essays to numerous gallery and exhibition catalogs.

Ricard was portrayed by Michael Wincott in Julian Schnabel's biographical film, Basquiat (1996).

He lived at the famed Hotel Chelsea in New York City intermittently for 40 years. Ricard died on February 1, 2014 of cancer at Bellevue Hospital in New York City

Reviews

[Tosh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent.

[Avedon Arcadio · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the previous releases from Edition Lutanie. And even though this is a reprinting of the same book from decades ago, it feels like a mere sample of Rene’s genius.
Even so, the 3 poems listed here are charged and unrestrained; a great intro to Ricard’s oeuvre.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very raw, highly sexualized, this collection features drawings by Robert Hawkins with a smattering of choice statements. It's very New York.

[Ga Scattergood-Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautify in a veery painful way - Rene Ricard was "one of a kind"