John Goto
John Glithero (11 February 1949 – 2 August 2023), better known as John Goto, was a British photographic artist. His work addresses a range of historical, cultural and socio-political subject areas, often using a satirical approach.
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John Goto
- Full name
- John Glithero.
- Born
- 1949 · Stockport.
- Died
- 2023
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- artist · photographer · university teacher · painter · art educator
- Fields
- photography · painting · cultural education
- Languages
- English
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Biography
Biography
John Glithero was born in Stockport on 11 February 1949. 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; and Dreams of Jelly Roll, Freud Museum, London, 2012. Goto was Artist-in-Residence at Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, 1988-9. Goto's books include Ukadia, published to coincide with a solo exhibition at Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, 2003, and Lovers Rock, 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. Goto died on 2 August 2023, at the age of 74.
Documentary record
John Goto appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an artist, painter and photographer (11 February 1949 – 2 August 2023). John Goto was born on 11 February 1949 in Manchester. John Goto died on 2 August 2023.
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Identity
John Goto is recorded as artist, photographer, university teacher, painter and art educator. Recorded at birth as John Glithero.
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Life and career
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1949
John Goto was born in 1949 at Stockport.
2023
John Goto died in 2023.
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- 1.Debrett's. Prof John Goto's Biography.
- 2.Autograph ABP. Artists/Authors.
- 3.Darwent, Charles. John Goto obituary. The Guardian. 18 August 2023.
- 4.Who’s Who 2010, A&C Black Publishers Ltd, London, 2009,
- 5.Freud Museum. John Goto: Dreams of Jellyroll.
- 6.Katie Maynard. Kettle's Yard interview with John Goto. Kettle's Yard. 2008-09-01.
- 7.John Goto. Ukadia. Djanogly Art Gallery. 2013. 1-900809-16-8.
- 8.David Campbell. Dancing to the music of the till—John Goto’s Ukadia. Parachute. June 2004.
- 9.John Goto. Lovers' Rock. Autograph ABP. 2013. 978-1-899-282-16-6.
- 10.Top 100 Living Geniuses. Telegraph.
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