Loss within Loss: Artists in the Age of AIDS

Loss within Loss: Artists in the Age of AIDS

University of Wisconsin Press, 1930 Monroe St., Madison, WI 53711. 305p., illus. ISBN 0-299-17070-5, 0-299-17074-8pbk. $29.95, $19.95pbk.
edited by Edmund White in cooperation with The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, a project of the Alliance for the Arts. 2001.

This is a powerful book that looks at the impact of AIDS on the arts community. "When an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do." The essays provide an outlet for all of the sorrow and grief that so many artists have suffered in the loss of their friends and lovers. Many of those represented in Loss within Loss were well known artists but others were struck down before they were able to fulfill the promise of their lives and art. The books cuts across all of the arts, including portraits of choreographers, painters, poets, actors, playwrights, sculptors, editors, composers, and architects.

Individuals covered include Robert Frank Anton , Joe Brainard, Howard Brookner, Scott Buton, Chris DeBlasio, Robert Farber, Robert Ferro, Frank Israel, Derek Jarman, Peter D. Kelloran, Bruce Kelly, Stan Leventhal, Marc Lida, Joah Lowe, James Merrill, Paul Monette, Mark Morrisore, John C. Russel, Waren Sonbert, and David Wojnarowicz. This is a fascinating and moving book that looks behind the scenes into the lives of a few artists who have died of AIDS. All of the accounts are written by close friends or lovers of the individuals who are highlighted. This is a recommended book for all libraries.

Keywords: AIDS and the Arts; Patients; Biographies; Modern Art
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