Paul Thek & Peter Hujar: Stay away from nothing - Francis Schichtel ed. the path to intellectual fulfilment

the path to intellectual fulfilment leads directly out of the kitchen

at turns lulling them to sleep or sparking them into animated conversation

performed on the jazz poetry compilation New Jazz Poets (1967)

and their explosive ideas resonate deeply today

curated by renowned image collector and social media figure Stephen Ellcock

Paul Thek & Peter Hujar: Stay away from nothing - Francis Schichtel ed. the path to intellectual fulfilmentStay away from nothing shines a spotlight on the deep relationship between Paul Thek and Peter Hujar through the artists letters and photographs. Beginning in 1956 and spanning two decades, the publication opens a window into their intimate, complex, and beautiful lives, starting with a sequence of images by Hujar that showcases the two of them in innocent moments of pensive and haunting play in Coral Gables and beyond. These early portraits of their