Eric Rhein: Lifelines - Rilegato

Doty, Mark; Michael, Paul Michael

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1732848238 ISBN 13: 9781732848238

Casa editrice: Inst 193, 2020

Riassunto

Commemorating a crisis: the first monograph on Eric Rhein, poetical chronicler of the AIDS epidemic in photos, drawings and assemblages This is the first book on the work of American artist Eric Rhein (born 1961), whose career has spanned four decades. This unique monograph-memoir features intimate photographs, taken between 1989 and 2012. The self-portraits and images of friends and lovers correspond to the period spanning Rhein’s HIV diagnosis, his subsequent near death and his experience of a renewed sense of vitality. New York Times critic Holland Cotter wrote of Rhein’s work: “the combination of art and craft, delicacy and resiliency, feminine and masculine, is exquisitely wrought and is, as it should be, seductive but disturbing.” As a personal response to the AIDS crisis, Rhein’s compelling portraits highlight tenderness and care as life-saving instincts. Included are related bodies of work: delicate assemblages and wire drawings, often serving as memorials for fallen friends. Rhein's photography, wire drawings, sculpture and watercolors honor love, touch, connection to nature, and familial history. Rhein mines collective and personal narratives, formulating pieces that are at once poetic and documentarian. Mark Doty and Paul Michael Brown contribute essays.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Inst 193
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1732848238
• ISBN 13: 9781732848238
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 109
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile