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Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography
Philip Gefter
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Description for Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography
Hardcover. Biography on a grand cultural level, here is the long-awaited story of Sam Wagstaff and his indelible influence on the world of late-twentieth-century art. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 886.
Recalled as the lover and patron of Robert Mapplethorpe, Sam Wagstaff here takes centre stage as a leading American intellectual and cultural visionary. Philip Gefter traces Wagstaff’s evolution from society "bachelor" of the 1940s to his emergence as rebellious curator. In 1972, his meeting with twenty-five-year-old Mapplethorpe, would lead to his legacy as world-class photography collector and cultural arbiter.
Positioning Wagstaff’s personal life against the rise of photography as a major art form and the simultaneous formation of the gay rights movement, Gefter’s absorbing biography provides a searing portrait of New York just before and during the age of AIDS. The result is a definitive and memorable portrait of a man and an era.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liveright
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780871404374
SKU
V9780871404374
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Ref
99-15
About Philip Gefter
Philip Gefter was on staff at The New York Times for over fifteen years, where he wrote regularly about photography. His essays are collected in the book Photography After Frank (2009). He lives in New York City.
Reviews for Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography
"His [Wagstaff's] role in establishing photography as a major art form is given its due here."
Apollo Magazine "...Philip Gefter tells the fascinating story of art curator and collector Sam Wagstaff, who helped create a market boom when he turned his eye to photography in the 1970s."
Popular Photography "Gefter is very good on New York's gay milieu and his book is full of racy details."
The Independent "...striking, sexy biography of a charismatic man in the best and worst of times."
The Times "...this excellent and overdue biography..."
The Telegraph "Gefter offers a captivating tribute to a man who certainly transformed the fate of photography."
artlyst.com
Apollo Magazine "...Philip Gefter tells the fascinating story of art curator and collector Sam Wagstaff, who helped create a market boom when he turned his eye to photography in the 1970s."
Popular Photography "Gefter is very good on New York's gay milieu and his book is full of racy details."
The Independent "...striking, sexy biography of a charismatic man in the best and worst of times."
The Times "...this excellent and overdue biography..."
The Telegraph "Gefter offers a captivating tribute to a man who certainly transformed the fate of photography."
artlyst.com