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Patrick Angus : private show

Title
Patrick Angus : private show / Herausgeberin, Ulrike Groos ; Texte, Tobias Bednarz [and five others] ; Übersetzung, Alicia Reuter, Rebecca Wilton.
Publication
  • Berlin : Distanz Verlag, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Groos, Ulrike
  • Bednarz, Tobias
  • Angus, Patrick, 1953-1992.
  • Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, host institution
Description
154 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 26 x 31 cm
Summary
Patrick Angus (b. North Hollywood, 1953; d. New York, 1992) was the paintbrush-wielding chronicler of gay life in 1980s Manhattan. At a time when abstract and minimalist art reigned supreme, he chose to focus on figurative representational art. He painted and drew portraits, cityscapes, landscapes, and, time and again, scenes from the homosexual underground milieu with its strip shows, bars, and bathhouses. Yet rather than trying to make a political statement, Angus sought to articulate basic human needs, yearnings, and anxieties. His pictures are metaphors of the quest for his own identity and journey of sexual self-discovery. With their deft use of light and expressive palette, his compositions capture the unbridled hedonism of his subjects as well as the distinctive atmosphere of the settings in which they appear. His artistic role model was the California-based British painter David Hockney, who took notice of Angus's work in 1992 and purchased six of his paintings shortly before the artist's death. Long admired by insiders, the oeuvre of Patrick Angus, who died of HIV-related disease at the age of 38, has remained largely unknown in the larger art scene. The book--with essays by Tobias Bednarz, Sebastian Preuss, Sarah Donata Schneider, Douglas Blair Turnbaugh, and Anne Vieth, as well as a preface by Ulrike Groos--presents an in-depth survey of the artist's complete output.
Uniform Title
  • Patrick Angus.
  • Patrick Angus. English.
Alternative Title
Private show
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany, 2 December 2017-8 April 2018.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page [153])
Language (note)
  • Text in German and English.
Call Number
JQG 18-572
ISBN
  • 9783954762132
  • 3954762137
OCLC
1016731975
Title
Patrick Angus : private show / Herausgeberin, Ulrike Groos ; Texte, Tobias Bednarz [and five others] ; Übersetzung, Alicia Reuter, Rebecca Wilton.
Publisher
Berlin : Distanz Verlag, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page [153])
Language
Text in German and English.
Added Author
Groos, Ulrike, editor.
Bednarz, Tobias, writer of supplementary textual content.
Angus, Patrick, 1953-1992. Works. Selections.
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, host institution.
Added Title
Patrick Angus.
Patrick Angus. English.
Research Call Number
JQG 18-572
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