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Peter Hujar : speed of life /

By: Hujar, Peter, 1934-1987 [artist, photographer.].
Contributor(s): Smith, Joel, 1964- [author.] | Gefter, Philip [author.] | Turtell, Steve [author.] | Burton, Martha Scott [author.] | Spiller, Nicolee [translator.].
Publisher: New York : Madrid, Spain : Aperture ; Fundación MAPFRE, 2017Edition: First Aperture edition.Description: 246 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), plates ; 29 cm.Content type: still image | text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781597114141; 9781597114141:; 1597114146.Other title: Speed of life.Subject(s): Hujar, Peter, 1934-1987 -- Exhibitions | Photography, Artistic -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions | Portrait photography -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Black-and-white photography -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Art, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 779.20973
Contents:
A gorgeous mental discretion / Joel Smith -- Peter Hugar : Éros, c'est la vie / Philip Gefter -- Peter Hujar in New Orleans / Steve Turtell -- Plates -- Chronology / Joel Smith with Martha Scott Burton -- Exhibitions and bibliography / Joel Smith with Martha Scott Burton -- List of works.
Summary: Published alongside a major touring exhibition, this collection presents Hujar's famous portraiture as well as his lesser-known projects. Accompanied by texts by Philip Gefter, Steve Turtell, and Joel Smith, this survey provides a thorough history of Hujar's life and artistic practice.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 779.20973 HUJ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0082578
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Catalog of an exhibition held at Fundación MAPFRE, Barcelona, Spain, January-April 2017; Fotomuseum The Hague, Netherlands, July-October 2017; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, January-May 2018; and Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, California, July-October 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-243).

A gorgeous mental discretion / Joel Smith -- Peter Hugar : Éros, c'est la vie / Philip Gefter -- Peter Hujar in New Orleans / Steve Turtell -- Plates -- Chronology / Joel Smith with Martha Scott Burton -- Exhibitions and bibliography / Joel Smith with Martha Scott Burton -- List of works.

Published alongside a major touring exhibition, this collection presents Hujar's famous portraiture as well as his lesser-known projects. Accompanied by texts by Philip Gefter, Steve Turtell, and Joel Smith, this survey provides a thorough history of Hujar's life and artistic practice.

Text in English, translated from the Spanish.

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