Douglas crimp

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Douglas Crimp (born August 18, 1944 in Coeur d'Alene , Idaho , † July 5, 2019 ) was an American art sociologist , art critic and AIDS activist from New York City . He was a representative of the queer theory .

Life

From 1962 to 1967, Crimp lived and studied in New Orleans . After a short stay in New York City in 1967, he finally moved to the city a year later. He worked for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and was a freelance art critic. In 1976 he continued his studies, which he obtained after further interruptions in 1980 with a Ph.D. completed. From 1977 to 1990 he was co-editor of the art magazine October . The edition on AIDS (1987), for which he was solely responsible, is still considered to be a trendsetter in the discussion on the topic. Crimp has taught at the University of Rochester in New York since 1992 .

2014 Berlin, Fasanenstaraße: Douglas crimp exhibition

subjects

Crimp took a critical look at the museum as an institution and the work of artists and art critics. He was particularly interested in the work and reception of Andy Warhol . Another main topic was the social handling and representation of AIDS.

Fonts (selection)

English

  • AIDS: Cultural Analysis / Cultural Activism , MIT Press, 1988
  • AIDS Demo Graphics (with Adam Rolston), Seattle: Bay Press, 1990
  • On the Museum's Ruins , MIT Press, 1993
  • Melancholia and Moralism: Essays on AIDS and Queer Politics , MIT Press, 2002

German

  • About the ruins of the museum. The museum, photography and postmodernism , with photos by Louise Lawler , Verlag der Kunst Dresden, 1996, ISBN 3-364-00328-9

literature

  • Lutz Hieber: On the topicality of Douglas Crimp: Postmodernism and Queer Theory . Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-531-93429-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Crimp, Douglas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art sociologist, art critic, and AIDS activist
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Coeur d'Alene , Idaho
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 2019