HEIFERMAN, MARVIN / PHILIPS, LISA [CURATORS]

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HEIFERMAN, MARVIN / PHILIPS, LISA [CURATORS]

John Waters. Change of life. 2004.

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HEIFERMAN, MARVIN / PHILIPS, LISA [CURATORS]

John Waters. Change of life.
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Harry N. Abrams, New York. 2004. First Edition. Oversize Hardback. Quarto. Publisher's page has a "1". Pictorial cardboard. With dustjacket. 144 pp. 26½ x 30 x 1¾ cm. 1094 gr. ISBN-10 0810943069. ISBN-13 9780810943063. With 210 illustrations, 180 in color, including (jacket) "Twelve Assholes and a Dirty Foot", 1996 (detail). Thirteen chromogenic prints with velvet curtains.

Exhibition catalog published on the occasion of John Waters: Change of Life at the New Museum of Contemporary Art (N.Y.) 2/8 - 4/18 2004. Interview with Waters by Todd Solondz; essay by Gary Indiana.

Once crowned The Pope of Trash by William Burroughs, and now hailed as the genius behind the smash-hit Broadway musical 'Hairspray', John Waters (1946) is not only a controversial director, but also a powerful, perceptive visual artist. This book, published on the occasion of his first major museum exhibition, surveys his still photographic works made over the past decade, and also features stills from his seldom-seen no-budget films and objects from Waters's personal collection that reflect his fascination with photographic imagery, the mass media, and outrageous expressions of American popular culture. Waters's newer photographic work echoes themes that are central to all his work: race, sex, class, family, politics, celebrity, ...

Book is in excellent condition in every respect: as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear only, no chipping, no tears, except for a small fold on inside frontflap of dustjacket.

Booknumber: 21006

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