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Jack Pierson: The Hungry Years Hardcover – November 21, 2017

by Jack Pierson (Photographer), Eileen Myles (Introduction), Stephen Shore (Foreword)
4.2 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
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The ’80s photographs of Boston School veteran Jack Pierson are at once melancholy and joyous, erotic and slyly witty

The Hungry Years collects the early photographs of Jack Pierson, taken throughout the 1980s―photographs that have increasingly captured the attention of the art world since they were first editioned in 1990.

Informed in part by his artistic emergence in the era of AIDS, Pierson’s work is moored by melancholy and introspection, yet his images are often buoyed by a celebratory aura of homoeroticism, seduction and glamour. Sometimes infused with a sly sense of humor, Pierson’s work is inherently autobiographical; often using his friends as his models and referencing traditional Americana motifs, his bright yet distanced imagery reveals the undercurrents of the uncanny in the quotidian.

Fueled by the poignancy of emotional experience and by the sensations of memory, obsession and absence, Pierson’s subject is ultimately, as he states, “hope.”

For more than two decades, New York–based artist Jack Pierson (born 1960) has been using the visual languages of photography, painting, sculpture and drawing to examine intimate and emotional aspects of everyday life. Gaining recognition alongside a group of photographers known as the Boston School, Pierson explores the cultural construction of identity, including how we see and how others see us. Pierson has had numerous recent solo exhibitions and his work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among other museums worldwide.

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    English
  3. Publisher
    Damiani
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    November 21, 2017
  5. Dimensions
    8.2 x 0.6 x 9.7 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    8862085621
  7. ISBN-13
    978-8862085625
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...characters exude a distincitive pleasure at being in the world, whether they're lounging in seedy hotel rooms or hanging at the beach.. his characters also burst with character, swagger, and humor. -- Michael Miller ― Bookforum

it’s important to note that The Hungry Years is not a representative portfolio; rather it’s a collection of work from a specific point in Pierson’s life and art. ― Gayletter

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Damiani (November 21, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 104 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8862085621
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8862085625
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.2 x 0.6 x 9.7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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  • J. M
    1.0 out of 5 stars Bad photographic work
    Reviewed in Mexico on December 17, 2023
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    Ugly photos, poorly focused, you don't see professional work, except for 3 or 4 photos, the rest are not worth it. In addition, there is only an image on one side of the page, on the back it is blank, that is, half of the book is blank.
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  • peter machen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
    Reviewed in Germany on April 16, 2021
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    Wonderful book. I love Pierson's work.
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