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Articles by Peter Hujar
Peter Hujar. Eyes Open in the Dark
Peter Hujar war Fotograf und zentrale Figur in der Downtown-Szene des New Yorks der 1970er und frühen 1980er Jahre. Als er 1987 an einer AIDS-bedingten Lungenentzündung starb, waren jedoch seine Fotografien in der breiteren Kunstwelt weitgehend unbekannt.
The Sky’s Gone Out
The artist Paul Thek sits with his face half cast in shadow, a look of curious expectation in his eyes. It is one of Peter Hujar’s relatively rare upright portraits: in many of the photographs in Portraits in Life and Death, his 1976 book recently reissued by Liveright, the subjects are reclining, sometimes tucked in or seemingly asleep. Hujar’s models are a who’s who of artists and intellectuals from New York’s early-1970s avant-garde, from William S. Burroughs to John Ashbery to Divine.
Interrupting the Paper Daughter
Interrupting the Paper Daughter I spent these last winter months with Clare Croft and her framing of a groundbreaking dance writer in her book Jill Johnston in Motion: Dance, Writing, and Lesbian Life. This book not only discusses Johnston's work and influence but places it in context: 1950s to 1980s New York —a charged moment of dance and art making amid an era of rising queer visibility.
Peter Hujar’s Delicate, Devastating Portraits of Life and Death
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition combines his intimate portraits of the 1970s Lower East Side artistic milieu with haunting images of embalmed bodies in Palermo’s catacombs Lead Image Do we live on in photographs; can they offer us a kind of immortality? Or do we figuratively die the moment our photograph is taken, after which the image painfully recapitulates death itself?
The Shabbiness of Beauty
Moyra Davey dips into the archive of the late American artist Peter Hujar, threading her images together with his to create a photographic duet steeped in the quiet allure of the everyday. “How to describe the effect of these photographs?” writes Moyra Davey on the pictures that the late American artist Peter Hujar took of the Hudson River in 1976. “The water seems embodied, we see faces—eyes and lips—and liquid takes on a velvety smoothness and viscosity that could almost be a solid.
The Best Photo Stories of 2020: Portrayals of Sex and Identity
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Ladies and Gentlemen (Helen/Harry Morales), 1974. Unique polaroid print© 2020 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Jim Hedges Projects From the clubbers of 90s Amsterdam to the riders of International Gay Rodeo, we select the ten most stimulating sex and identity stories published on AnOthermag.com this year December 23, 2020 “I am large.
Telfar S/S ‘20
The Berlin-based brand Ottolinger is run by creative duo Christa Bösch and Cosmina Gadient, who will immediately and cheerily, when prompted, describe their designs as science fiction inspired. Futuristic pop phenomenon Charli XCX has likened one of her favorite brands to the movie The Fifth Element, and it holds up—in the form of waxed hair, wavy designs, and sticky silhouettes.
Ruptured - Interview by Cat Lachowskyj
While formal training in photography is often necessary to provide a foundational understanding of the medium, it can also box creativity in, so that artists focus on imitation more than their own unique artistic expression. It’s easy to become consumed with finding the tiniest flaw or inconsistency, rather than reflecting on personal growth and self-expression.
Rupture - Interview by Cat Lachowskyj
While formal training in photography is often necessary to provide a foundational understanding of the medium, it can also box creativity in, so that artists focus on imitation more than their own unique artistic expression. It’s easy to become consumed with finding the tiniest flaw or inconsistency, rather than reflecting on personal growth and self-expression.
Mukono - Video Interview with Bastiaan Woudt
Since first picking up a camera in 2009, photographer Bastiaan Woudt has generated an incredible oeuvre of black and white images that blur the distinctions between photographs and surreal paintings. Rather than focusing on the crisp details of perfect light and shadow, the photographer embraces stark contrast and hazy glitches catalyzed by movement.
Balancing Cultures
After the 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor, tensions between the USA and Japan were fraught as ever, perpetuating an offensive discourse and perception of the Japanese diaspora living in the USA. In 1942, Executive Order 9066 was legislated in the country, specifically targeting Japanese Americans, German Americans and Italian Americans, authorizing the Secretary of War to treat certain areas across the country as military zones, incarcerating thousands of individuals in concentration camps.
The Splitting of the Chrysalis and the Slow Unfolding of the Wings
The mystery and magical tendencies of metamorphosis have inspired countless artists across all genres for centuries, from literature to sculpture and, of course, photography. In nature, metamorphosis is best symbolized by the life cycle of the butterfly. Though born a caterpillar, the creature undergoes a formidable process of transformation until it evolves into a captivating creature with the ability to fly, despite its initial sluggish and landlocked existence.
Things We Can Relate To
When we think of the term “travel photography,” it often incites expectations of stereotypical photographs meant to show off a person’s vacation. But recently, many photographers have pushed the boundaries of this genre to incorporate more conceptual work driven by a personal aesthetic rather than shiny, perfectly-packaged subject matter.
Querida Cuba - Interview by Cat Lachowskyj
In 2015, after decades of hostile government mediation, Cuba and the United States finally restored their tense diplomatic relations. While this affiliation remains incredibly complicated, the American fascination with Cuba as an inaccessible region has softened, and many individuals have travelled to the island to witness and document its contemporary culture.
Preview: Unseen Amsterdam 2018
Unseen Amsterdam is one of our favorite annual photography fairs and festivals. Each year, it combines an up-to-the-minute collection of great art for sale; new photobooks (from the biggest publishers as well as many great independent publishers); some surprising award-winning work by young talents; a thought-provoking series of lectures, roundtables and public talks; and cutting edge work by some of the world’s leading cooperatives.
Preview: Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam 2018
Unseen Amsterdam is one of our favorite annual photography fairs and festivals. Each year, it combines an up-to-the-minute collection of great art for sale; new photobooks (from the biggest publishers as well as many great independent publishers); some surprising award-winning work by young talents; a thought-provoking series of lectures, roundtables and public talks; and cutting edge work by some of the world’s leading cooperatives.
Querido Cuba - Interview by Cat Lachowskyj
In 2015, after decades of hostile government mediation, Cuba and the United States finally restored their tense diplomatic relations. While this affiliation remains incredibly complicated, the American fascination with Cuba as an inaccessible region has softened, and many individuals have travelled to the island to witness and document its contemporary culture.
Peter Hujar: Speed of Life
It begins in small doses. As you walk down the steps from the main entrance of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, a wall of Peter Hujar’s iconic black and white photographs awaits you on your left. Two parallel lines of images are traced across this wall, beckoning visitors into the exhibition. This teaser is digestible and inviting, making you want more.
Sunday Morning in Detroit
For some time, the city of Detroit has come to occupy a space in the collective American imagination as a region drenched in negative connotations. But anyone who has ever lived in a city bound up in the nuances of community living knows that portrayals of this nature are never as simple as they seem.
Earache, organized by Jordan Stein
Earache is a photographic exhibition about discomfort, balance, and language. Works on view—and possible connections between them—animate a breakdown between the complex body systems responsible for maintaining stability.
Fran Lebowitz Remembers Her Friend Peter Hujar
Self-Portrait Smoking, 1958Photography by Peter Hujar, Courtesy of Peter Hujar Archive The uniquely charismatic cultural commentator sat down to discuss 1970s New York’s vibrant art scene with art dealer Gracie Mansion, hosted by Loewe June 28, 2018 ‘New Yorker’ is a term we’ve come to bandy about with wilful abandon, but few are more deserving of it than Fran Lebowitz.
Birthday Suits - Photographs and text by Lucy Hilmer
For 40 years, I’ve photographed myself on my birthday wearing nothing but my white Lollipop underpants, shoes and socks. I made my first Birthday Suit self-portrait in Death Valley, CA in 1974. Without fail, I’ve faced my camera every April 22nd since then to create a coded history of one woman’s journey through time.
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