Peter Hujar, Jay and Fernando [Two Men in Leather Kissing], ca. 1966, vintage gelatin silver print, 11" × 7" (27.9 cm × 17.8 cm), image 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm) © The Peter Hujar Archive Online Exhibitions Peter Hujar Cruising Utopia Jun 30 – Aug 3, 2020 From the 1960s to the early '80s, Peter Hujar was an iconic presence in New York’s downtown scene.His celebrated portraits capture the city’s queer pantheon of artists and drag performers, poets and writers, celebrities and deadbeats, strangers and lovers, acquaintances and friends. From East Village icons Greer Lankton and Ethyl Eichelberger to downtown intellectuals Susan Sontag and Fran Lebowitz, from Warhol superstars to legendary artists like Paul Thek and David Wojnarowicz, this exhibition brings together Hujar’s penetrating portraits in a love letter to his city and community.Cruising Utopia traces the horizons of Hujar’s expansive body of work, encompassing intimate studio portraits, street photography, and striking images of the city itself. Across nighttime streetscapes, desolate parking lots, and crumbling piers peopled with half-naked bodies, Hujar photographed the margins of public space, capturing queer intimacy as it flourished in the post-Stonewall era of the '70s and early ‘80s. Cruising the city through his camera’s viewfinder, he navigated its porous networks of erogenous utopias, photographing a fabulous and often infamous cast of underground elites who defined New York City’s vibrant counterculture in the decade before AIDS. Read More Peter Hujar, Christopher Street Pier #4, 1976, vintage gelatin silver print, 14-3/4" × 14-5/8" (37.5 cm × 37.1 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Christopher Street Pier #4 1976 vintage gelatin silver print 14-3/4" × 14-5/8" (37.5 cm × 37.1 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Christopher Street Pier #2 (Crossed Legs), 1976, pigmented ink print, 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2020 Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Christopher Street Pier #2 (Crossed Legs) 1976 pigmented ink print 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2020 How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Christopher Street Pier #5, 1976, vintage gelatin silver print, 14-3/4" × 14-5/8" (37.5 cm × 37.1 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Christopher Street Pier #5 1976 vintage gelatin silver print 14-3/4" × 14-5/8" (37.5 cm × 37.1 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Hudson River (III), 1976, pigmented ink print, 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2020 Learn More “Consider [Hujar’s] pictures of the surface of the Hudson. It's as if he were giving the river a close-up, regarding its surface as he would the contours of a human face.”Bob Nickas Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Hudson River (III) 1976 pigmented ink print 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2020 $14,000 Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, West Side Parking Lots, 1976, vintage gelatin silver print, 14-5/8" × 14-3/4" (37.1 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar West Side Parking Lots 1976 vintage gelatin silver print 14-5/8" × 14-3/4" (37.1 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Richie, 1985, vintage gelatin silver print, 14-5/8" × 14-5/8" (37.1 cm × 37.1 cm), image, 19-3/4" × 15-3/4" (50.2 cm × 40 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Richie 1985 vintage gelatin silver print 14-5/8" × 14-5/8" (37.1 cm × 37.1 cm), image, 19-3/4" × 15-3/4" (50.2 cm × 40 cm), paper, print made by the artist How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Jay and Fernando [Two Men in Leather Kissing], ca. 1966, vintage gelatin silver print, 11" × 7" (27.9 cm × 17.8 cm), image, 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More In the mid-1960s, Hujar began making erotic portraits of subjects in his studio. The images he made of two men, Jay and Fernando, dressed in leather and locked in amorous embrace, are among the earliest such works. Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Jay and Fernando [Two Men in Leather Kissing] ca. 1966 vintage gelatin silver print 11" × 7" (27.9 cm × 17.8 cm), image, 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm), paper, print made by the artist How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Paul Thek Masturbating, 1967, pigmented ink print, 11" × 16-1/4" (27.9 cm × 41.3 cm), image, 14-1/4" × 17" (36.2 cm × 43.2 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2011 Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Paul Thek Masturbating 1967 pigmented ink print 11" × 16-1/4" (27.9 cm × 41.3 cm), image, 14-1/4" × 17" (36.2 cm × 43.2 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2011 $14,000 Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Gay Liberation Front Poster Image, 1970, pigmented ink print, 18-1/2" × 12" (47 cm × 30.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2019 Learn More Together with his boyfriend, gay rights activist Jim Fouratt, Hujar participated in the famous uprising against the violent police raid on the Stonewall Inn in June of 1969. Later that year, he shot the photograph for the now-iconic “Come Out!” poster for the Gay Liberation Front. Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Gay Liberation Front Poster Image 1970 pigmented ink print 18-1/2" × 12" (47 cm × 30.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2019 $18,000 Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Orgasmic Man, 1969, pigmented ink print, 11-1/4" × 7-1/2" (28.6 cm × 19.1 cm), image, 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2018 Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Orgasmic Man 1969 pigmented ink print 11-1/4" × 7-1/2" (28.6 cm × 19.1 cm), image, 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2018 How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Hujar posed his subjects as if he were a painter... posed in such a way as to proclaim their sexuality... which is what gives his photographs their power and their truth. Arthur C. Danto Peter Hujar, Two Cockettes, 1971, vintage gelatin silver print, 16-3/8" × 13-3/4" (41.6 cm × 34.9 cm), image, 16-5/8" × 14" (42.2 cm × 35.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Two Cockettes 1971 vintage gelatin silver print 16-3/8" × 13-3/4" (41.6 cm × 34.9 cm), image, 16-5/8" × 14" (42.2 cm × 35.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, John Flowers Backstage at Palm Casino Review, 1974, vintage gelatin silver print, 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 19-7/8" × 15-7/8" (50.5 cm × 40.3 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar John Flowers Backstage at Palm Casino Review 1974 vintage gelatin silver print 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 19-7/8" × 15-7/8" (50.5 cm × 40.3 cm), paper, print made by the artist Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, David Brintzenhofe Applying Makeup, 1982, vintage gelatin silver print, 14-5/8" × 14-3/4" (37.1 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar David Brintzenhofe Applying Makeup 1982 vintage gelatin silver print 14-5/8" × 14-3/4" (37.1 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar defined Downtown for me. He understood its rhythms, nuances, pleasures, and pitfalls. He went places I never dared to and hung out with people I’d only read about. Vince Aletti Peter Hujar, John Heys in Lana Turner's Gown (III), 1979, vintage gelatin silver print, 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar John Heys in Lana Turner's Gown (III) 1979 vintage gelatin silver print 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Greer Lankton in a Fashion Pose (I), 1983, vintage gelatin silver print, 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More “Peter’s work is not just photography—it’s about birth and death and the stages of life and varieties of identity and all the friends in between.”Nan Goldin Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Greer Lankton in a Fashion Pose (I) 1983 vintage gelatin silver print 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Susan Sontag, 1975, pigmented ink print, 14-5/8" × 14-3/4" (37.1 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2020 Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Susan Sontag 1975 pigmented ink print 14-5/8" × 14-3/4" (37.1 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2020 How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Paul Thek (II), 1975, pigmented ink print, 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2011 Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Paul Thek (II) 1975 pigmented ink print 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2011 Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, Fran Lebowitz [at Home in Morristown], 1974, vintage gelatin silver print, 13-5/8" × 13-5/8" (34.6 cm × 34.6 cm), image, 16-3/4" × 13-3/4" (42.5 cm × 34.9 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar Fran Lebowitz [at Home in Morristown] 1974 vintage gelatin silver print 13-5/8" × 13-5/8" (34.6 cm × 34.6 cm), image, 16-3/4" × 13-3/4" (42.5 cm × 34.9 cm), paper, print made by the artist How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, John Giorno, Jim Carroll, Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) and Jayne Cortez, c. 1982, vintage gelatin silver print, 12-1/2" × 12-1/2" (31.8 cm × 31.8 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar John Giorno, Jim Carroll, Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) and Jayne Cortez c. 1982 vintage gelatin silver print 12-1/2" × 12-1/2" (31.8 cm × 31.8 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, print made by the artist $30,000 Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz Smoking, 1981, pigmented ink print, 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2018 Learn More Hujar met David Wojnarowicz—who was exactly twenty-years his junior—in a bar in the East Village in 1981. After a brief romance, they developed a deep, almost familial relationship that would last until Hujar’s death from AIDS-related illness in 1987. “David desperately needed a father, and as the shadows lengthened, Peter just as desperately needed a son,” writes Stephen Koch. “David craved a mentor, a guide out of his chaos, someone who could see his soul. Peter craved renewal, restoration of his life, someone whose soul he could see and who was worthy of whatever Peter could give him.” Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Peter Hujar David Wojnarowicz Smoking 1981 pigmented ink print 14-3/4" × 14-3/4" (37.5 cm × 37.5 cm), image, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper, Edition of 10, print made 2018 How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Everything I made, I made for Peter. David Wojnarowicz To commemorate Hujar’s legacy during LGBTQ Pride Month, Pace Gallery and The Peter Hujar Archive will donate 10% of all sales from Cruising Utopia to the NYC AIDS Memorial, which honors the more than 100,000 New Yorkers who have died of AIDS and acknowledges the contributions of caregivers and activists who mobilized to provide care for the ill, fight discrimination, lobby for medical research and alter the drug approval process. (opens in a new window) New York City Aids Memorial To inquire about works by Peter Hujar, please email inquiries@pacegallery.com.All prices listed exclude the cost of framing. Read More Peter HujarPeter Hujar photographed his subjects with penetrating sensitivity and psychological depth. Unflinching and at times dark, he captured intellectuals, luminaries, and members of New York City subculture in moments of disarmed vulnerability.Hujar embraced male sexuality unabashedly, and was unafraid to examine death and dying. In her introduction to Portraits in Life and Death, Susan Sontag wrote, “…Fleshed and moist-eyed friends and acquaintances stand, sit, slouch, mostly lie – and are made to appear to meditate on their own mortality…Peter Hujar knows that portraits in life are always, also, portraits in death.” Hujar was at the forefront of the group of artists, musicians, writers, and performers in downtown New York in the 1970’s and early 80’s. He succumbed to AIDS in 1987, leaving behind a complex and profound body of work that has become posthumously celebrated.Learn More Past, Peter Hujar, Cruising Utopia, Jun 30, 2020