Randy Press, New York
1st edition, 2010
28 x 21,5 cm, 536 pages
Everything you needed to know about the iconic actress and writer Cookie Mueller is in this oversized publication by Mallory Curley. In addition to exploring aspects of the downtown NY queen, including her eight-year live-in relationship with Sharon Niesp and subsequent marriage to Vittorio Scarpati, and providing a publishing history of her work, this encyclopedia also serves as an overview of the '80s lower Manhattan art scene, examining Cookie Mueller's take on every artist whose work she sought out for her monthly "Art and About" column (1982-1989).