Perfect Flowers
The Perfect Flowers are a series of luminous paintings by the artist with enriched surfaces that elevate the artist’s writings from the early 2000s. The series explores new content that the artist began working on in his later years, expanding on previously known lines and cadences around the topic of flowers, birth, death and reincarnation. The series was first shown in New York in 2017.
John Giorno
CHERRY BLOSSOMS ARE RAZOR BLADES, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
LILACS LUXURIOUSLY LICKING THE AIR, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
LAVENDER LAUGHING LUSTFUL, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
ZINNIAS SHOUT POSITIVE PARANOIA, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
LILLIES OF THE VALLEY LILLIES OF FUR LILLIES OF FEATHER LILLIES OF FIN LILLIES OF SKIN, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 in
John Giorno
HONEYSUCKLE EATING THE SMELL, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
DAFFODILS BAPTIZED IN BUTTER, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
ALMOST MISS AMERICA ROSE, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 in
John Giorno
CLIMATIS CLINGING CELESTIAL DEVOTED, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
FOXGLOVE CARILLON CRYING PEARLS, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
CHRYSANTHEMUMS ARE A GARLAND OF SKULLS, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
CARNATIONS GLORIOUSLY SELF SERVING, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40w x 40h in
John Giorno
GARDENIA SWEETEN THE AIR SEDUCINGLY SLY, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
POPPIES PACKED WITH DRUG TREATS, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
FERNS UNFURLING FEATHERS GRACIOUSLY NEEDY, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 in
John Giorno
HIT MY NOSE WITH THE STEM OF A ROSE, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
IRIS PURPLE SPEARS UNSHEATH WRESTLING WRATHFUL, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
PEONIES TOPPLING MILK OF MALICE, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
WISTERIA GRASPING EMPTINESS, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 in
John Giorno
WATERLILLIES SUCKING MUD, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
ORCHIDS ARE THE TONGUES THAT LIED, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
JASMINE BURN, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
SNOW DAHLIAS SHARP AS CAT PISS, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
John Giorno
MARIGOLD TIGHT AS A CRAB'S ASS, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
NASTURTIUMS FLAUNT TRUMPETS OF FIRE TEASINGLY DEMONIC, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 in