{"title":"Peter Hujar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeter Hujar (born 1934) died of AIDS in 1987, leaving behind a complex and profound body of photographs. Hujar was a leading figure in the group of artists, musicians, writers, and performers at the forefront of the cultural scene in downtown New York in the 1970s and early 80s, and he was enormously admired for his completely uncompromising attitude towards work and life. He was a consummate technician, and his portraits of people, animals, and landscapes, with their exquisite black-and-white tonalities, were extremely influential.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-shabbiness-of-beauty","title":"The Shabbiness of Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Shabbiness of Beauty by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moyra_Davey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eMoyra Davey\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/peterhujararchive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ePeter Hujar\u003c\/a\u003e. First edition (2021). First impression. Medium format hardback in new condition. Signed by Moyra Davey to a dedicated bookplate tipped to copyright page. No markings. This is a new book. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout The Shabbiness of Beauty\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo, the Shabbiness of Beauty is a visual dialogue that crosses generational divides with the easy intimacy of a late-night phone call. Multidisciplinary artist Moyra Davey delved into Peter Hujar’s archives and emerged mainly with little-known, scarcely seen images. In response to these, Davey created her own images that draw out an idiosyncratic selection of shared subjects. Side by side, the powerfully composed images admire, tease, and enhance one another in the manner of fierce friends. The photographs form a visual exploration of physicality and sexuality that crackles with wit, tenderness, and perspicacity. Spiritually anchored in New York City – even as they range out to rural corners of Quebec and Pennsylvania – these images crystallise tensions between city and country. But also between human and animal. For example nudes pose with unruly chickens. Also, human bodies are abstracted toward topography. Moreover, seascapes and urban landscapes share the same tremulous plasticity. These continuities are punctuated by stark differences of approach: Davey’s self-aware postmodernism against Hujar’s humanism and embrace of darkroom manipulation. In conclusion, the rich dialogue between these photographs is personal and angular, ultimately offering an illuminating reintroduction to each celebrated artist through communion with the other’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRelated Links\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/moyra-davey\"\u003eBooks by Moyra Davey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/mack\"\u003eBooks by MACK\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moyra Davey | Peter Hujar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40594423709905,"sku":"SBID_00238573","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/products\/moyra-davey-peter-hujar-the-shabbiness-of-beauty-scaled_fb8eedb6-db7b-4fb4-91d3-068f10b1f5c2.jpg?v=1639648740"},{"product_id":"peter-hujar-a-retrospective","title":"Peter Hujar: A Retrospective","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of Peter Hujar: A Retrospective. First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Some minor shelf wear to the top edge of the dust jacket only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Hujar, a New Yorker of Ukrainian descent, recorded the world in astonishing portraits of cows, sheep, and geese in the country, dogs in the studio, the sea, the city, and above all his fellow human beings, many of whom have since won fame: Susan Sontag, John Waters, Divine, William S. Borroughs, Candy Darling, Robert Wilson, David Wojnarowicz, Paul Thek, and many men, in the nude, half-dressed, sleeping, posing, tumescent. People, animals, landscapes - Peter Hujar approached them all with great respect and a perfect sense of balance between near and far. 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