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Muses from Chaos and Ash: AIDS, Artists, and Art by Andrea R. Vaucher➤Grove Press 1993 1st Edition
Muses from Chaos and Ash: AIDS, Artists, and Art by Andrea R. Vaucher Grove Press 1993 First Edition
Title: Muses from Chaos and Ash : AIDS, Artists, and Art
Author: Andrea R. Vaucher
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press 1993
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 9780802114136
Size: 6.25 X 9.25 * 260 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket: AIDS is moving through every corner of the American landscape with frightening speed and force, but its presence is perhaps most deeply felt in the arts community, where it is having a shaping influence on the kind of work being produced. In this searingly powerful, daring, vitally important work from the front lines of the crisis, Andréa Vaucher explores, for the first time, the impact of AIDS on the work of artists who have tested HIV-positive themselves, from their own perspective, in their own words.
Through intimate and revealing interviews, men and women from the worlds of literature, film, theater, dance, music, and the visual arts discuss the effects of AIDS on their own artistic evolution and on the creative process. Edmund White, Kenny O'Brien, Peter Adair, Paul Monette, Robert Farber, Arnie Zane, David Wojnarowicz, Bo Huston, Cyril Collard, Robert Mapplethorpe, Marlon Riggs, Hervé Guibert, Larry Kramer, Tory Dent, Essex Hemphill, Carlos Almaraz, and Keith Haring are some of the artists who have had the generosity and sheer guts to share this most private side of their lives. Here they speak with freshness, vigor, and sometimes painful honesty on such subjects as anger, alienation and isolation, death and loss, activism and politics, freedom, spirituality, symbolism, sexuality, immediacy, and legacy as they relate directly to their work.
The life of the artist has always been a kind of hero's journey, which AIDS only intensifies. Many of the artists living with the AIDS virus find themselves possessed of new and extraordinary energy, channeling fear and frustration into a kind of creative fire, finding new means of expression, changing the way they work and the way they perceive the ultimate meaning of that work. This transformation has far-reaching implications for the whole of late-twentieth-century art and beyond.
Defiant, insightful, funny, tough, and tender, this is a book about courage, perseverance, and transcendence-and essential reading for everyone who cares about what is happening at the cutting edge of the art of our time.
New York-born Andréa R. Vaucher studied literature and painting at Bennington College and received a master's degree in Cinema Studies from New York University. Her articles have appeared in many publications, including the Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, L.A. Weekly, Areté, Cahiers du Cinéma, Film Comment, and American Film. She currently divides her time among New York, Los Angeles, and Paris.
Overall Condition: Very good: The book does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. It may have very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover as well as very minimal wear and tear; see images.
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Title: Muses from Chaos and Ash : AIDS, Artists, and Art
Author: Andrea R. Vaucher
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press 1993
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 9780802114136
Size: 6.25 X 9.25 * 260 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket: AIDS is moving through every corner of the American landscape with frightening speed and force, but its presence is perhaps most deeply felt in the arts community, where it is having a shaping influence on the kind of work being produced. In this searingly powerful, daring, vitally important work from the front lines of the crisis, Andréa Vaucher explores, for the first time, the impact of AIDS on the work of artists who have tested HIV-positive themselves, from their own perspective, in their own words.
Through intimate and revealing interviews, men and women from the worlds of literature, film, theater, dance, music, and the visual arts discuss the effects of AIDS on their own artistic evolution and on the creative process. Edmund White, Kenny O'Brien, Peter Adair, Paul Monette, Robert Farber, Arnie Zane, David Wojnarowicz, Bo Huston, Cyril Collard, Robert Mapplethorpe, Marlon Riggs, Hervé Guibert, Larry Kramer, Tory Dent, Essex Hemphill, Carlos Almaraz, and Keith Haring are some of the artists who have had the generosity and sheer guts to share this most private side of their lives. Here they speak with freshness, vigor, and sometimes painful honesty on such subjects as anger, alienation and isolation, death and loss, activism and politics, freedom, spirituality, symbolism, sexuality, immediacy, and legacy as they relate directly to their work.
The life of the artist has always been a kind of hero's journey, which AIDS only intensifies. Many of the artists living with the AIDS virus find themselves possessed of new and extraordinary energy, channeling fear and frustration into a kind of creative fire, finding new means of expression, changing the way they work and the way they perceive the ultimate meaning of that work. This transformation has far-reaching implications for the whole of late-twentieth-century art and beyond.
Defiant, insightful, funny, tough, and tender, this is a book about courage, perseverance, and transcendence-and essential reading for everyone who cares about what is happening at the cutting edge of the art of our time.
New York-born Andréa R. Vaucher studied literature and painting at Bennington College and received a master's degree in Cinema Studies from New York University. Her articles have appeared in many publications, including the Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, L.A. Weekly, Areté, Cahiers du Cinéma, Film Comment, and American Film. She currently divides her time among New York, Los Angeles, and Paris.
Overall Condition: Very good: The book does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. It may have very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover as well as very minimal wear and tear; see images.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Two Pounds Media Mail) is $5.22 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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