FRANK PIETRONIGRO: ARTIST MONOGRAPH THE LEGACY EDITION
$375.00 – unsigned
- 240 page, Full Color, Archival, Large Format Landscape, Premium Paper, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm – Unsigned copies direct. Streamlined Fulfillment: Printed and shipped directly via Blurb for faster global delivery.
SIGNED ANTHOLOGIES DIRECT FROM THE ARTIST’S STUDIO
- Patron’s Edition (Signed, Limited 12–99): $533.30 (paying a brilliant structural tribute to the mythology of 30-33-30 and the San Francisco Columbarium).
- Institution Edition (Signed, Limited 2–11): $1,250.00 — This includes an exclusive 12″x18″ signed design print of either The Xenian Node, The Bio-Pixel, Bio-Kinetic Drift, or The Living Painting.
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This limited edition monograph chronicles Frank Pietronigro’s radical evolution from traditional painter to an arts pioneer and Artronaut and first American artist to create ‘drift paintings’ in zero gravity. From San Francisco activism to NASA’s “Vomit Comet,” this volume explores his historic 1998 “drift paintings” and interdisciplinary legacy in painting, public art, performance, photography and more. An elegant, accessible path into the willoworlds and the philosophy of LumaVision Chief Visionary Officer manifesting the creation of The Xenian Node a symbol for Universal Hospitality and civil rights memorial space habitat.
Just Published: June 8, 2026 Frank Pietronigro Queer Anthology
108 Pages, Full Color, Archival, Large Format Landscape, Premium Paper, 13″×11″ in, 33×28 cm
$250.00 – Unsigned
$350.00 – Signed Queer Edition (Limited 12–99 + custom queer print): — Ideal for university libraries with dedicated LGBTQ+ studies, contemporary performance art, or regional California history archives.
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While the inaugural 2026 monograph, Frank Pietronigro: Interdisciplinary Artist and Artronaut, chronicled a visionary life spent defying gravity and redefining the space-arts, this spectacular new full-color volume brings the focus intimately back to earth. This new book is the definitive visual archive of Pietronigro’s queer artwork and lived experience. It captures a deeply personal trajectory that began in 1977, driving cross-country in a blue Austin-Healey with his lover Jim Hilsinger, leaving Philadelphia behind for the electric promise of San Francisco.
Inside, readers will find decades of unapologetic, interdisciplinary art. The book serves as both a visual diary and a cultural artifact, vibrating with the energy of a city in the midst of a cultural revolution. Through high-fidelity, full-color reproductions, the collection recalls the sweat, liberation, and strobe lights of legendary spaces like the Trocadero Transfer, I-Beam, The EndUp, Dreamland, and The Stud between 1977 and 1984. Beyond the dance floor, the work delves into profound psychological landscapes. Exploring Jungian frameworks and the lifelong integration of the “Golden Shadow,” Pietronigro’s queer portfolio reveals an artist navigating identity, intimacy, and the power of the marginalized voice.
It is a grounding, essential counterpart to his aerospace legacy—a celebration of love and human connection that beautifully contextualizes the artist who will one day rest at ground level in the San Francisco Columbarium, three niches down and three niches over from the Harvey Milk memorial, forever anchored in the community he helped define.
