David Wojnarowicz – Dear Jean Pierre Historical and then begins to respond

and then begins to respond to illustration commissions

while also focusing on his long-term photo-based projects

and elements of nature

In seven chapters (in reference to the seven hills surrounding Marseille and the seven seas to the south) the book uses various forms of writing – essay

David Wojnarowicz – Dear Jean Pierre Historical and then begins to respondDear Jean Pierre collects David Wojnarowiczs transatlantic correspondence to his Parisian lover Jean Pierre Delage between 1979 and 1982. Capturing a truly foundational moment for Wojnarowiczs artistic and literary practice, these letters not only reveal his captivating personalityand its concomitant tenderness, compassion, and neurosesbut also index the development of the visual language that would go on to define him as one of the preeminent artists