Johanna Drucker

Johanna Drucker is the inaugural Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA.

Articles

Alive with Potent Energy: The Work of Sylvia Snowden
An engaging exhibition of the artist’s vivid canvases was mounted late last year in Los Angeles....
Johanna DruckerFeb 27, 2022
- Art
Sight and Insight: “Paulina Peavy: An Etherian Channeler”
An exhibition of Paulina Peavy’s work explores the artist’s fascination with spiritualism and alien consciousness....
Johanna DruckerSep 4, 2021
- Art
Survival Strategies
Josh Berson’s new book shows how we can adapt our “skills reservoir” for an era of climate crisis....
Johanna DruckerMay 31, 2021
- Science & Technology
The Design Space of Language
“Five Oceans in a Teaspoon,” the new collaboration between poet Dennis J. Bernstein and artist Warren Lehrer, is a masterpiece of poetic visualization....
Johanna DruckerOct 10, 2019
- Art
- Poetry
Fifty Years of Beyond Baroque: 1968–2018
Johanna Drucker celebrates the 50th anniversary of Beyond Baroque, one of Los Angeles’s core cultural institutions....
Johanna DruckerApr 5, 2018
- History
- Poetry
Embittered Spinster
"Get the word out while there is still time: poetry is fatal, especially to unmarried women." Johanna Drucker on "A Quiet Passion."...
Johanna DruckerMay 18, 2017
- Film
- Poetry
Allegorical Knowledge: The Art of Alchemy
Johanna Drucker reviews two new exhibits at the Getty, “The Art of Alchemy” and “The Alchemy of Color.”...
Johanna DruckerDec 21, 2016
Nostalgia for the Lost Subject of Technology in the Work of Casey Reas
Johanna Drucker on the nostalgia generated by our machines....
Johanna DruckerJan 29, 2016
- Art
- Science & Technology
Recognizing Complicity
"Modernism was not an idea, not a singular and well-formed position. The multiplicity and heterogeneity of its dimensions have to be addressed."...
Johanna DruckerMay 3, 2015
- Art
- History
Pixel Dust: Illusions of Innovation in Scholarly Publishing
There is no technological fix....
Johanna DruckerJan 16, 2014
Shut Up and Listen to the Artists!
Critics need to stop talking to each other and start listening to what artists are saying with their art....
Johanna DruckerSep 5, 2013
Understanding Media: Craig Dworkin’s “No Medium”
THE TITLE of Craig Dworkin’s book, No Medium, suggests a paradox. And so it should. To some extent, the book embodies the polarization in current approaches to the study of media — between attention to the literal materiality of inscription and ...
Johanna DruckerJul 9, 2013