The photographer was a key figure on New York’s downtown scene – but, as a new exhibition shows, his later works dealt with the great losses of the Aids crisis
All photographs: The Peter Hujar Archive/DACS London/Pace Gallery, NY/Fraenkel Gallery, SF/Maureen Paley, London and Mai 36 Galerie, ZurichHujar was a central figure in the downtown scene of 1970s and early 1980s New York , but at his death in 1987 from Aids-related pneumonia his work was largely unknown to a broader art world. Now it is widely admired for its austere elegance and emotional charge.
John Douglas Miller: ‘Hujar was interested in the motif of the veil throughout his work, whether the veil was literal, as is the case here, or achieved through tonal work in the darkroom. This was taken backstage at Robert Wilson’s The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin. It’s a remarkably elegant image, suitably operatic given the context’Richie Gallo , 1973
John Douglas Miller: ‘Richie was a performance artist and actor, often found performing outside the luxury stores on 5th Avenue or hanging out at Max Kansas City with Andy Warhol’s crowd. This is the first image in the exhibition, and it shows Gallo backstage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music where he was performing in experimental theatre director Robert Wilson’s opera, The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin. The text on the door reads “Open Slowly”.
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