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Cut-ups, Cut-ins, Cut-outs: The Art of William S. Burroughs

Cut-ups, Cut-ins, Cut-outs: The Art of William S. Burroughs was a large-scale exhibition of the multi-media work of American writer and artist William S. Burroughs and the first exhibition to focus solely on Burroughs’ cut-up works. The exhibition followed four-years research and presented a unique themed collection of Burroughs’ experimental body of work in a variety of media including: cut-up soundworks, writing, visual collages, shotgun paintings, photography, film and video. The exhibition included many rare and previously unseen works, rare books, documentary films, rare photographs, and ephemera. Particular emphasis was placed on the collage techniques used by Burroughs as an important and influential part of his artistic language and legacy in art and popular culture. The exhibition showcased many rare works from collections including: William S. Burroughs Estate; New York Public Library; Los Angeles County Museum of Arts; Mugrabi Collection, New York; Riflemaker, London; and numerous private collections. A second edition of the exhibition was curated by Fallows for The International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia (19/02/13-07/04/13). Fallows edited (with Genzmer, S.) and contributed to the accompanying book, ‘Cut-ups, Cut-ins, Cut-outs: The Art of William S. Burroughs’, (Verlag fur Moderne Kunst, Nurnberg, Germany, 1st edn. 2012, revised 2nd edn. 2013), which includes new interviews and specially commissioned essays together with rarely seen archival material. The exhibitions received extensive international media coverage including Austrian and Slovenian national press, television and radio. Fallows authored numerous related publications to coincide with the exhibition including: essay in The Spoken Word: William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, audio CD (British Library, London 2012); ‘Chance Encounters: The Art and Methods of John Cage and William S. Burroughs’ essay in Falter Nr. 35/12 (29/8/12), Vienna, Austria; and curated ‘Cut-Ups’, a related one-hour radio programme, soundworks and accompanying text for ORF (Austrian National Radio), Kunstradio Vienna (16/09/12).