David Wojnarowicz
A Definitive History of Five or Six Years on the Lower East Side
$66.68
- Hardcover
220 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2006
Summary
Artist David Wojnarowicz on his work, his aspirations, his personal history, his political views; Wojnarowicz in dialogue with Sylv re Lotringer, along with personal accounts from friends and fellow artists collected after Wojnarowicz’s death.In February 1991, the artist David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992) and the philosopher Sylv re Lotringer met in a borrowed East Village apartment to conduct a long-awaited dialogue on Wojnarowicz’s work. Wojnarowicz was then at the peak of his notoriety as the f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781584350354 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1584350350 |
| Author: | Giancarlo Ambrosino, Sylvère Lotringer |
| Publisher: | Autonomedia |
| Imprint: | Semiotext |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 220 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2006 |
| Weight: | 816g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Semiotext(e) / Native Agents |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
In this book of mesmerizing interviews with the late artist and his friends and collaborators, breathless recollections of famous graffiti, the night the dancing almost caved in the floor of the attic at PS1, and who worked the door at the Mudd Club gradually paint the very finest brushstrokes of a neighborhood’s impressionistic history.
– Erick Lyle * San Francisco Bay Chronicle *About The Author
Giancarlo Ambrosino
Sylv re Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.Sylv re Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992) was a painter, filmmaker, photographer, writer, AIDS activist, and one of the most prominent figures in the New York art world of the 1980s.David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992) was a painter, filmmaker, photographer, writer, AIDS activist, and one of the most prominent figures in the New York art world of the 1980s.Jennifer Doyle is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside.
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