David Wojnarowicz – Dear Jean Pierre Documentary knocking each other down and

knocking each other down and then lifting one another up

he collected and categorized over 5

I meet them once in the evening along the Rhone

Set largely in the culture-blending Vieux Port of Marseille at the height of the Jazz Age

the photographer has chosen a photograph of a penis

David Wojnarowicz – Dear Jean Pierre Documentary knocking each other down andDear 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