{"product_id":"david-wojnarowicz-dear-jean-pierre","title":"DAVID WOJNAROWICZ \/ Dear Jean Pierre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Wojnarowicz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDear Jean Pierre\u003c\/em\u003e  2023\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, 616 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 28cm\u003cbr\u003ePrimary Information, NY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: new\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe whopping 616 page epic softcover from Primary Information; Dear Jean Pierre\u003cspan\u003e collects the David \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWojnarowicz’s transatlantic correspondence to his Parisian lover Jean Pierre Delage between 1979 and 1982. Capturing a truly foundational moment for Wojnarowicz’s artistic and literary practice, these letters not only reveal his captivating personality—and its concomitant tenderness, compassion, and neuroses—but also index the development of the visual language that would go on to define him as one of the preeminent artists of his generation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDavid Wojnarowicz (1954-1992) was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. Wojnarowicz channeled a vast accumulation of raw images, sounds, memories and lived experiences into a powerful voice that was an undeniable presence in the New York City art scene of the 1970s, 80s and early 90s. Through his several volumes of fiction, poetry, memoirs, painting, photography, installation, sculpture, film and performance, Wojnarowicz left a legacy, affirming art’s vivifying power in a society he viewed as alienating and corrosive. His use of blunt semiotics and graphic illustrations exposed what he felt the mainstream repressed: poverty, abuse of power, blind nationalism, greed, homophobia and the devastation of the AIDS epidemic. Wojnarowicz died of AIDS-related complications on July 22, 1992 at the age of 37.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"DAVID WOJNAROWICZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49385068855577,"sku":"","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/5024\/2841\/files\/PI_DW_DJP_Cover-scaled.jpg?v=1721467834","url":"https:\/\/landslidebooksandobjects.com\/products\/david-wojnarowicz-dear-jean-pierre","provider":"Landslide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}