David Carr: the discovery of an artist

by David Carr, Ronald Alley

David Carr is one of the most neglected figu res of 20th century British art. This book was published to coincide with a major exhibition of his work. '

154 pages, Hardcover

First published April 9, 1987

About the author

David Carr was a journalist who wrote for The New York Times. His peers often praised him for his humility and candor.

Carr overcame an addiction to cocaine and wrote about his experiences as an addict in The Night of the Gun. The New Yorker called it "bracingly honest memoir. In sharp and sometimes poetic prose, the author takes a detailed inventory of his years of drug addiction."

In February, 2015 he collapsed in the New York Times newsroom and was pronounced dead shortly after. He was married to Jill Carr and had three children.