John Goto
John Glithero (11 February 1949 – 2 August 2023), better known as John Goto, was a British photographic artist.[1] His work addresses a range of historical, cultural and socio-political subject areas,[2] often using a satirical approach.
Biography
[edit]John Glithero was born in Stockport on 11 February 1949.[3] As an artist, he adopted the name John Goto which was inspired by Walerian Borowczyk's first feature film Goto, Island of Love (1968). His first one-man exhibition, Goto, Photographs 1971-81, was held at The Photographer's Gallery in London in 1981. Other solo shows include Terezin, at the Raab Gallery, Berlin, in 1988; The Scar, Manchester City Museum and Art Gallery, 1993; The Commissar of Space, Modern Art, Oxford, 1998; Loss of Face, Tate Britain, London, 2002; High Summer, The British Academy, London, 2005;[4] and Dreams of Jelly Roll, Freud Museum, London, 2012.[5]
Goto was Artist-in-Residence at Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, 1988-9.[6]
Goto's books include Ukadia,[7][8] published to coincide with a solo exhibition at Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, 2003, and Lovers’ Rock,[9] which is a series of portraits made in 1977 by Goto of young British Afro-Caribbeans.
In 2007, the Telegraph listed Goto as one of the top 100 living geniuses.[10]
Goto died on 2 August 2023, at the age of 74.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Prof John Goto's Biography". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Artists/Authors". Autograph ABP. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
- ^ a b Darwent, Charles (18 August 2023). "John Goto obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Who’s Who 2010, A&C Black Publishers Ltd, London, 2009, ISBN 978-1-408-11414-8
- ^ "John Goto: Dreams of Jellyroll". London: Freud Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ Katie Maynard (1 September 2008). "Kettle's Yard interview with John Goto". Kettle's Yard. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.
- ^ John Goto (2013). Ukadia. Nottingham: Djanogly Art Gallery. ISBN 1-900809-16-8.
- ^ David Campbell (June 2004). "Dancing to the music of the till—John Goto's Ukadia" (PDF). Parachute. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ John Goto (2013). Lovers' Rock. London: Autograph ABP. ISBN 978-1-899-282-16-6.
- ^ "Top 100 Living Geniuses". Telegraph.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Review of High Summer by Elisabeth Mahoney in The Guardian
- Photographic Migrants: John Goto’s West End Blues' by Dr Nancy Roth in Flusser Studies, Multilingual Journal for Cultural and Media Theory
- Review of New World Circus by Tim Teeman in The Times
- National Portrait Gallery collection
