#morrisroe

Artist Mark Morrisroe (1959-1989), photo: Megan “Montana” Smith

Mark Morrisroe, 1986

morrisroe tom of finland sun

Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1989. T-665 Polaroid. Estate of Mark Morrisroe (Ringier Collection), Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland.

Mark Morrisroe | Fascination (Jonathan), 1983

Mark Morrisroe: Mark DirtMark Morrisroe: #MarkDirt Published by #Paper Chase Press. Introduction by #StuartComer. Text by #LiaGangitano, #RamseyMcPhillips. #MarkMorrisroe: Mark DirtMark Morrisroe: #MarkDirt Published by Paper Chase Press. Introduction by Stuart Comer. Text by Lia Gangitano, Ramsey McPhillips. The #photographs of #MarkMorrisroe (1959–1989) are steeped in fragility, both as material objects scored and pockmarked by the vicissitudes of time, and as forlorn commemorations of brief moments in all too #brief lives. In this sense, the #photographs are also objects of #ephemera, of a piece with #Morrisroe’s equally fragile #magazines, collages and drawings, which this volume compiles for the first time. Containing much previously unpublished work, Mark Dirt includes spreads from Morrisroe’s #punk zine Dirt (“he sort of invented the #Bostonpunkscene,” #JackPierson later recalled of his former lover), as well as correspondence and notes by the #artist, sketches and even his last will and testament. All of these #documents have been assembled by Morrisroe’s longtime #partner #RamseyMcPhillips, and represent the most complete survey of the artist’s non-photographic wo The photographs of Mark Morrisroe (1959–1989) are steeped in fragility, both as material objects scored and pockmarked by the vicissitudes of time, and as forlorn commemorations of brief moments in all too brief lives. In this sense, the photographs are also objects of ephemera, of a piece with Morrisroe’s equally fragile magazines, collages and drawings, which this volume compiles for the first time. Containing much previously unpublished work, Mark Dirt includes spreads from Morrisroe’s punk zine Dirt (“he sort of invented the Boston punk scene,” Jack Pierson later recalled of his former lover), as well as correspondence and notes by the artist, sketches and even his last will and testament. All of these documents have been assembled by Morrisroe’s longtime partner #RamseyMcPhillips, and represent the most complete survey of the #artist’s non-#photographic wo

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