Artists Space

Please join us on Wednesday, June 4th, at 7pm at Artists Space for the book launch of Marc Camille Chaimowicz: Writings and Interviews, published by Sternberg Press.

The event will feature a discussion between Kelly Taxter, Deputy Director of Artists Space and curator of the exhibition Marc Camille Chaimowicz: Your Place or Mine… (The Jewish Museum, New York, 2017) and Dan Fox, writer, filmmaker, musician and author of “...In the Cherished Company of Others... by Marc Camille Chaimowicz: A New Work Is a Retrospective, of Sorts,” a transcribed interview between Chaimowicz and Fox included in the publication.

Marc Camille Chaimowicz (1946–2024) was an acclaimed visual artist known for his performances, installations and curatorial flair. He was also a writer. Edited by curator Alexis Vaillant, “Marc Camille Chaimowicz: Writings and Interviews” is the first comprehensive collection of writings by the artist, including seminal interviews, chitchats, jokes, performance reports, insightful statements and letters in essay form, as well as rare documents, such as early surviving leaflets, typewriter handouts and hard-to-find articles. Spanning 1971–2023, the book unlocks the work of an artist considered to be a refreshing role model for a new generation of culture mavens and style savants. Drawing from literature, modernist architecture, interior design, art theory, glam rock and camp culture, the collection reveals the artist’s inner self alongside the art, social flânerie and the goings-on of his time. Entertaining and witty, the texts stand out brilliantly with their early acumen and inclusivity, while setting a new template for an expression of queerness through writing.

Click here for more information about the book.