Full Description
Grace Hartigan:
The Gift of Attention
explores the significant impact mid-century American poets and poetry had on
painter Grace Hartigan's early career during the 1950s and 1960s. Through a
compelling introduction and three illuminating essays, the authors explore how
key literary figures-supporters that included Daisy Aldan, Barbara Guest, James
Merrill, Frank O'Hara, and James Schuyler-sparked Hartigan's creativity,
providing a fuller examination of the art she created during this time. This
book not only spotlights Hartigan within the renowned circle of New York School
painters and poets but also highlights the influence of several queer writers
whose daring work and lifestyles profoundly shaped Hartigan's outlook on art
and life.
Contents
Director's Foreword by Valerie Hillings; Acknowledgments by Jared Ledesma; Lenders to the Exhibition; Grace Hartigan: Image Maker—An Introduction by Terence Diggory; "The Basis of My Own Creation": Grace Hartigan and Poetic Exchange by Jared Ledesma; "Being Together in the World": Grace Hartigan at the Tiber Press by Frances Lazare; A Gestural Eros of Poesis: Hartigan Responds to Guest and O'Hara by Rachel Blau DuPlessis; Plates, Poems and Reviews; Works List; Index; Contributors; Photo Credits
