Kosti's Benny

KOSTI'S BENNY epitomizes Richard Kostelanetz's continuing Book-Art project honoring his precursors: here an American comedian who got more laughter from saying little and sometimes nothing in strategic pauses, whose framing of weighty absence made him a precursor of contemporary Conceptual Art. Consider it a distinguished companion to Kosti's Kostro, Kosti's Marinetti, Kosti's Pep Dream, Kosti's Ambrose, Kosti's Ramon, Kosti's Gustave, Kosti's Two Johns, 14 Mei 1940, and May 14, 1940 in Richard Kostelanetz's high modernist homage.