Raymond Foye

Raymond Foye was born in 1957 in Lowell, Mass. He is a writer, curator, editor and publisher. He studied with Stan Brakhage at the Art Insitute of Chicago. He was a literary editor with City Lights Books, New Directions, and Black Sparrow Press. He was Director of Exhibitions and Publications at Gagosian Gallery from 1990-95. Along with Francesco Clemente co-published Hanuman Books from 1985-1995. He has contributed to two retrospective exhibition catalogues on the works of Francesco Clemente, (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1990; Guggenheim Museum, 1999). His 2002 exhibition The Heavenly Tree Grows Downward was the first comprehensive exhbition of the artworks of Harry Smith. He is executor of the estates of James Schuyler, John Wieners, and Rene Ricard. Presently he is organizing an exhibition and publication on the paintings of experimental filmmaker Jordan Belson, for the Matthew Marks Gallery, in May of 2019. He is Editor-at-Large for the Brooklyn Rail.

Raymond Foye will discuss his role in editing the works of two important Masachusetts poets: John Wieners and Rene Ricard. He will examine their friendship with each other, and his relationship with them and their work.

Photo of Raymond Foye with John Wieners by Allen Ginsberg in 1985.