Divine
Peter Hujar, 1975
In quiet, black and white portraits, Peter Hujar captures his subjects in moments of reverie. This one shows Divine, a famously foul-mouthed drag queen, usually seen wearing a blonde wig, sequined dress, and garish make-up. In Hujar’s portrait, the public persona is stripped away. Divine appears as a man, wrinkled and balding, resting on a velvety black blanket and gazing into the distance. His half-closed eyes suggest he is on the borderline between dream and sleep... - Whitney Museum of American Art
Now playing: Divine - I'm So Beautiful
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Or Valium...
It's a fabulous picture. I must check out more of his work xx
Christina - the cover of I Am A Bird Now by Antony & The Johnsons is Hujar's portrait of Candy Darling on her deathbed.
While you are looking at Hujar and Wojnarowicz, you must not forget to examine the AMAZING work of Paul Thek, also a lover of Hujar. In fact, Thek made a series of wax sculptures called, Technological Reliquaries, after a trip he and Hujar took to the catacombs of Sicily.
http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/PaulThek/Images
LOVE Divine!
PD - one of my heroes.
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