I don’t really buy a lot of art books — it’s weird. I mean, I’m really into comics, so it would be natural to also be into art books, but I’m not. I usually just get bored after a few dozen pages and flip through the rest of the pages quickly.
But this one is awesome. I guess there’s something almost narrative going on in the pictures, and between the pictures?
It’s just one banger after another.
And it’s funny.
This was published by the Whitney museum in conjunction with a retrospective, and the printing is awesome, too. And the binding! As a physical object, it’s impeccable. Why can’t they print comics this well?
There’s also a whole bunch of essays/interviews included in this hefty book. I found some of them to be a bit… dry, and there were some pieces that were just about how rad New York was in the late 70s. I love that genre, but it feels clichéd when you stack several after one another.
But mostly good text pieces. One by David Wojnarowicz, for instance.
Perhaps I should start looking more at books in the art section of the bookstore…
I’ll Be Your Mirror (1996) by Nan Goldin (buy used, 4.64 on Goodreads)