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Architecture and Mortality
photo of Architecutre and Mortality, a book by Donald Tarantino
photo of Architecutre and Mortality, a book by Donald Tarantino, open to show the inside
photo of Architecutre and Mortality, a book by Donald Tarantino, open to show the inside
photo of Architecutre and Mortality, a book by Donald Tarantino, open to show the inside
photo of Architecutre and Mortality, a book by Donald Tarantino, open to show the inside
photo of Architecutre and Mortality, a book by Donald Tarantino, open to show the inside
photo of Architecutre and Mortality, a book by Donald Tarantino, open to show the inside

Architecture and Mortality

$30.00

by Donald Tarantino, foreword by Michael Tice, afterword by Michael Bacon

Donald Tarantino (b.1962) was a queer artist who studied at Philadelphia College of Art and later settled in New York City, where he became part of the East Village scene of the 1980s. Working mostly as a printmaker, his art explores the intersection between cities and suburbia, shifting between office buildings and domestic spaces. His images examine the structures we inhabit, interweaving the anxieties they cause, and the joys they elicit. His late prints were inspired by the isolated rooms and hallways of the St. Vincent’s AIDS ward, driving home a sense of mortality that loomed all too close. He died of AIDS-related illness in 1988. Architecture and Mortality collects his surviving prints, drawings, and other work and is the only published overview of the artist.

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SKU: AAM Category: Artists' Books Tags: art, Donald Tarantino, LGBTQ+

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Additional information

Weight 14.6 oz
Dimensions 8 × 10 × 0.4 in
Artist

Donald Tarantino

Date

28 Aug 2020

Format

Softcover, eBook

Pages

148

ISBN

978-1-950231-00-3

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