Mark Morrisroe - by Beatrix Ruf & Thomas Seelig (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A luminous comet shooting across the late 70s constellation of photographers and artists that included Nan Goldin, David Armstrong, Jack Pierson and Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Mark Morrisroe produced an incredibly rich and various body of work in the brief ten-plus years in which he was active. He survived a fraught childhood and teen years as a prostitute (he was once shot by a client) to attend the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he made friendships with Goldin, Armstrong and others, performed in drag under the name Sweet Raspberry, cofounded the punk zine <i>Dirt </i>(he sort of invented the Boston punk scene, Jack Pierson later recalled) and eventually graduated from the school with honors. Shortly after, Morrisroe moved to New York, acquired a Polaroid camera and began photographing. Most of his photographs are portraits--of hustlers, lovers, friends and of himself--or hand-painted photograms. Morrisroe is also famed for his X-ray self-portraits, which show the bullet lodged near his spine after his shooting. All of his output carries this reckless, go-for-broke character, and an edge of urgency and necessity. After his death (from AIDS-related illnesses), more than 2,000 Polaroids were found among his possessions. This first comprehensive monograph compiles photographs and ephemera from the early punk years to Super-8 films, photograms and the late self-portraits. More than 500 photographs are reproduced here, alongside essays and an extensive biography. <p/>Born to a drug-addicted mother, <b>Mark Morrisroe </b>(1959-1989) left home at 13, began hustling at 15 and at 17 was shot in the back by a client. The entirety of Morrisroe's brief life was characterized by danger and poverty, and mythologized by him as such: his mother was a friend and neighbor of Albert DeSalvo (aka the Boston Strangler) and Morrisroe claimed to be his illegitimate son. Morrisroe died in 1989.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Morrisroe died at just thirty. But by then he had accomplished a considerable life's work. According to Gruber's catalogue essay, hisoeuvre comprises about 2,000 photographs, including 800 polaroids, 600 gelatin silver prints, and 200 C-prints nd sandwich prints. There are also 60 cyanotypes and gum prints, boxes and boxes of fascinating ephemera and 3 super-8 films.--Brooks Adams "Art in America"<br>
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