Peter Hujar : Speed of Life

Resource Information

The work Peter Hujar : Speed of Life represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Peter Hujar : Speed of Life

Title remainder

Speed of Life

Statement of responsibility

texts by Joel Smith, Philip Gefter, Steve Turtell, and Martha Scott Burton

Title variation

Speed of Life

Creator

• Hujar, Peter, 1934-1987

Contributor

• Burton, Martha Scott
• Fotomuseum Den Haag
• Fundación Mapfre
• Pierpont Morgan Library
• Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
• trueGefter, Philip
• Aperture Foundation
• Smith, Joel
• Turtell, Steve

Artist

• Hujar, Peter, 1934-1987

Author

• Turtell, Steve
• Smith, Joel
• trueGefter, Philip
• Burton, Martha Scott

Host institution

• Fotomuseum Den Haag
• Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
• Fundación Mapfre
• Pierpont Morgan Library

Issuing body

• Fundación Mapfre

Photographer

• Hujar, Peter, 1934-1987

Publisher

• Fundación Mapfre
• Aperture Foundation

Subject

• Photobooks
• Photography, Artistic
• Photography, Artistic -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Portrait photography
• Portrait photography -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Art, American -- New York (State) | New York -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Black-and-white photography -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Hujar, Peter, 1934-1987
• Hujar, Peter, 1934-1987 -- Exhibitions

Genre

• Photobooks
• Exhibition catalogs
• trueExhibitions

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Peter Hujar was a leading figure of the downtown New York scene of the 1970s and '80s. He is most well-known for his portraits of New York City's artists, musicians, writers, and performers, which feature characters such as Susan Sontag, William S. Burroughs, David Wojnarowicz, and Andy Warhol, and was admired for his completely uncompromising attitude toward work and life. Hujar was a consummate technician, and his portraits of people, animals, and landscapes, with their exquisite black-and-white tonalities, were extremely influential. Underappreciated during his lifetime, Hujar is now a revered icon of the lost downtown art scene, and his photographs are held in permanent collections around the world. Over 160 photographs are gathered in Peter Hujar: Speed of Life. Published alongside a major touring exhibition, this collection presents Hujar's famous portraiture as well as his lesser-known projects. Exhibition: Fundación MAPFRE, Barcelona, Spain (26.01-20.05.2017) / Fotomuseum The Hague, The Netherlands (01.07-15.10.2017) / Morgan Library and Museum, New York City, United States (26.01-20.05.2018) / Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, United States (11.07-07.10.2018)

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

ERASA

Date of event

• January 26-May 20, 2017,
• July 1-October 15, 2017,
• January 26-May 20, 2018,
• July 11-October 7, 2018,

Dewey number

770

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• photographs

Index

no index present

Language note

Text in English, translated from the Spanish

LC call number

TR647.H85

LC item number

A4 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

catalogs

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Place of event

• Fundación MAPFRE, Barcelona, Spain
• Fotomuseum The Hague, Netherlands
• Morgan Library and Museum, New York, New York, United States
• Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California, United States

Target audience

general