Moyra Davey + Peter Hujar: The Shabbiness of Beauty [signed]

Publisher: Mack Books
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Hardcover, 160 pages. Signed edition, with a slip signed by Davey and bound into the inside back cover. Sealed, new. A beautiful and much-awaited book, that follows the exhibition Davey curated at Galerie Buchholz in spring 2020. The two artists' photographs are set in a dialogue that highlight their physicality, tenderness, and emotional power, between the allegory and the document. Most of the photographs are in b/w, except for some of portraits of Paul Thek by Hujar. Amazing pictures of motherhood, sea, and horses. The Shabbiness of Beauty also comprises a new text by Eileen Myles; the text Davey wrote for the 2020 show; and a note by Stephen Koch about a Hujar letter reproduced in the book.