Glorious Catastrophe: Jack Smith, Performance and Visual Culture

by Dominic Johnson

Glorious catastrophe presents the first detailed critical analysis of the visual art, film, performance and writing of Jack Smith, an icon of the New York avant-garde, from the early 1960s until his AIDS-related death in 1989. It uses his personal papers, and unpublished interviews with friends and collaborators.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719091470
• ISBN13: 9780719091476
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"