Opening Reception Thursday 2 April at 6pm

 John Cage, Lois Long, Alexander H. Smith

This edition of original lithograph prints from John Cage, Lois Long and Alexander H. Smith is part of the Permanent Collection.

John Cage, legendary composer of experimental sounds and  silence, was absolutely fascinated with mushrooms. 

The pages of the Mushroom Book a collaboration with mycologist Alexander H. Smith — include these disjointed poems alongside beautifully executed mushroom illustrations by Lois Long, as well as fields of seemingly random text with sporadic mushroom drawings and details scrawled by Cage all over the page.

The Mushroom Book was acquired through Jim Sheehy who studied printmaking in the United States and worked in the Hollanders Workshop Inc. With leading American artists, including John Cage, Lois Long, James Rosenquist, Sam Francis, Williem de Kooning, Loise Nevelson.