David Wojnarowicz: La historia me quita el sueño

by David Breslin, David Kiehn, Julie Ault (Contributor)

Este catálogo se publica con motivo de la exposición DavidWojnarowicz. La historia me quita el sueño, organizada por el Whitney Museum of American Art, en colaboración con el Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid y el Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburgo.

El Museo Reina Sofía acoge la exposición dedicada al artista David Wojnarowicz (Nueva Jersey, EE. UU., 1954-Nueva York, EE. UU., 1992) quien, desde finales de la década de 1970 hasta su prematura muerte en 1992 debido a complicaciones relacionadas con el sida, realizó una obra conceptualmente rigurosa y estilísticamente diversa. Su trayectoria combina una amplia variedad de formas, medios y dispositivos, entre los que se encuentran el uso de la fotografía como herramienta narrativa; el recurso del collage como soporte para la crítica y el posicionamiento político, apoyándose en la pobreza del propio medio; la adopción de la pintura para explorar diferentes procedimientos alegóricos, o el empleo del fotomontaje y el texto con el objeto de abordar las políticas queer y de identidad que marcaron también su papel como activista.

Este libro, editado por el departamento de Actividades Editoriales del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, es una adaptación del catálogo: David Breslin y David Kiehl (eds.), David Wojnarowicz: Histor y Keeps Me Awake at Night, NuevaYork,Whitney Museum of American Art/Yale University Press, 2018.

Genres: Art, LGBT, Nonfiction, Biography

252 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[George Ilsley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful massive volume produced by the Whitney Museum of American Art in conjunction with a comprehensive retrospective of David Wojnarowicz's work in 2018.

Features many full page and double page full colour reproductions, essays (including one from Hanya Yanagihara), and a biographical dateline compiled as a collaboration by Cynthia Carr and David Wojnarowicz.

This coffee table book can be savoured, sampled, explored, and dipped into for inspiration. It's bright, delicious, infuriating, and unnerving. Cannot praise it enough.

[Noel · Rating 5 out of 5]

People like David Wojnarowicz were like meteors which, coming into contact and friction with the atmosphere, burst into flames, and, dazzling with their brightness, suddenly die out.

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this exhibition, and the catalog really does it all justice!

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd been wanting a book on David Wojnarowicz for awhile and this one certainly suits the bill. - lots of high quality plates, biographical information, etc. The only draw back was some of the smaller pictures(not the plates) were too small so that it was almost like if they'd not been there they wouldn't have been missed much. Still, that's a very minor quibble.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is absolutely breathtaking. You can go into a deep trance reading it. David Worjnarowicz's work is beguiling, beautiful and tragic. His activism is still relevant (unfortunately) today. He was a survivor and prolific artist that utilized every medium to communicate and get his message out.

[Mason · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fabulous companion to the first major Wojnarowicz retrospective in over a decade. David's activist art and firebrand words are perfectly suited for this time of rising tyranny, providing perspective from the grave when we need it most.

[R.J. Gilmour · Rating 5 out of 5]

Published by the Whitney Museum of American Art the book features a collection of academic essays about the work of Wojnarowicz and a catalogue of his works.

[Gilberto Baca · Rating 5 out of 5]

fucking amazing exhibition catalog for a fucking amazing show

[Dylan Kiewel · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love david so much

[Mills College Library]

700.92 W847b 2018