| FEATURED TITLE Mark Morrisroe Edited by Beatrix Ruf, Thomas Seelig. Text by Stuart Comer, Elisabeth Lebovici, Fionn Meade, Linda Yablonsky. A luminous comet shooting across the late 70s constellation of photographers and artists that included Nan Goldin, David Armstrong, Jack Pierson and Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Mark Morrisroe produced an incredibly rich and various body of work >>more
JRP|Ringier
ISBN 9783037641217
US $65.00 CAN $65.00 TRADE
Flexi, 8 x 10.25 in. / 516 pgs / 420 color.
Pub Date: 03/31/2011 Active/In stock
| | Luke P. Brown | Date: 3/8/2011 On Saturday, March 5, 2011, the first U.S. retrospective exhibition of Mark Morrisroe's work opened at Artists Space in New York. The heartbreaking show features photographs, polaroids, and ephemera, including issues of the punk zine Dirt, which Morrisroe co-founded with friend Lynelle White around 1975. A major monograph published by JRP accompanies the exhibition which, in a different form, was first mounted at the Kunsthalle Zurich under the direction of Beatrix Ruf. A contemporary of Jack Pierson, Nan Goldin, and David Armstrong, Morrisroe (1959-1989) documented his life and the lives of friends, hustlers, and lovers in photographs - Polaroids, "sandwich prints," hand-painted photograms - which beautifully capture the urgency and ephemerality of the post-punk scene in Boston and New York in the 1970s and 80s. In attendance at Saturday’s event were intimates such as Jack Pierson (known to Morrisroe as Jonathan) and admirers Collier Schorr, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, and Joan Jonas. The evening ended underground at the SubMercer lounge.
Artist Jack Pierson and photographer Collier Schorr
Artist Joan Jonas
Writer Linda Yablonsky and architect Miggi Hood
Pin-Up Magazine Editor Felix Burrichter and artist Thomas Dozol
Teresa Gruber, Artist-Photographer Philip-Lorca diCrocia and David Yarritu
Artists Jack Pierson and Paul Mpagi Sepuya
For Your Art's Karen Marta with artist Joan Jonas
| |
 | |
