Jack Pierson Desire/Despair: A Retrospective: Selected Works 1985-2005 [Hardcover]

Liz Kotz (Author), Richard Marshall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 7, 2006

Like Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha before him, Jack Pierson expresses himself through a variety of media. Drawn to stardom, melodrama, loneliness, and emotional narrative as subjects for his art, Pierson infuses his work with literal and visual references to lost love, sexual longing, faded glamour, fleeting moments, and sentimental musings.This book will contain approximately 200 works organized into five sections that echo the prevalent themes in Pierson's oeuvre: Riches and Fame, Desire Despair, Rented Rooms, Another Time Another Place, and Ghosts. A subversive playfulness and an erotic undercurrent run throughout, especially in the photographs of men, including never-before-published celebrity portraits.Surveying more than twenty years of the artist's career, this beautifully designed volume marks a milestone for all fans of Pierson's art.

Editorial Reviews

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"Desire/Despair is just the kind of guilty pleasure anyone could be proud of." -- Nov06 PAPER

-- Review of book as well as being included in "Out 100" in same issue "A new milestone monograph" -- Dec06 OUT/LA OFFICE

About the Author

Richard D. Marshall was formerly a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and has organized international museum exhibitions and catalogues on the work of Ed Ruscha, Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Joan Mitchell. He is currently organizing a survey of Jack Pierson's work for the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli (November 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847828964
• ISBN-13: 978-0847828968
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 1.2 x 13.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,171,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greats of our generation, March 16, 2007

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This review is from: Jack Pierson Desire/Despair: A Retrospective: Selected Works 1985-2005 (Hardcover)

Wow I really do love this book. It's like a mini mid career retrospective. I have many great art books
but this is one of the best. If your into Jack or important art from this time you will want this book.