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David Wojnarowicz (September 14, 1954 - July 22, 1992) was a gay painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and activist who was prominent in the New York City art world of the 1980s.^[1] Image File history File links Wojnarowicz. ... Image File history File links Wojnarowicz. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Performance art is art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time, constitute the work. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ...

He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, and later lived with his mother in New York City, where he attended the High School of Performing Arts for a brief period. From 1970 until 1973, after dropping out of school, he for a time lived on the streets of New York City and worked as a farmer on the Canadian border. Upon returning to New York City, he saw a particularly prolific period for his artwork from the late 1970's through the 1980's. During this period, he made super-8 films, such as Heroin, began a photographic series of Arthur Rimbaud, did stencil work, played in a band called 3 Teens Kill 4, and exhibited his work in well-known East Village galleries. In 1985, he was included in the Whitney Biennial, the so-called Graffiti Show. In the 1990's, he fought and was issued an injunction against Donald Wildmon and the American Family Association on the grounds that Wojnarowicz's work had been copied and distorted in violation of the New York Artists' Authorship Rights Act. See Wojnarowicz v. American Family Association, 745 F.Supp 130 (1990). Wojnarowicz died of AIDS on July 22, 1992. Map of Red Bank in Monmouth County The Borough of Red Bank is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey incorporated in 1908. ... The Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts is located near the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center district of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue between 65th Street and 64th Street. ... Super 8mm film is a motion picture film format that was developed in the 1960s and released on the market in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older 8mm home movie format. ... Rimbaud redirects here. ... A stencil is a template used to draw or paint identical letters, symbols, shapes, or patterns every time it is used. ... 3TK4 (3 Teens Kill 4) was a musical group based in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s. ... Looking south from 6th Street down Second Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares through the East Village. ... The Whitney Museum of American Art is an art gallery and museum in New York City founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... Donald E. Wildmon, born 18 January 1938 in Dumas, Mississippi, is the founder and head of the American Family Association. ... The American Family Association (AFA) is a conservative Christian organization founded in 1977 by Rev. ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Books

• Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration. (1991). Vintage Books.
• Tongues Of Flame
• Memories That Smell Like Gasoline.
• The Waterfront Journals. (1997). Grove/Atlantic.
• Rimbaud In New York 1978 - 1979. (with Andrew Roth)
• In the Shadow of the American Dream: The Diaries of David Wojnarowicz (Amy Scholder, editor)
• Willie World (illustrator; written by Maggie J. Dubris)

Films

• Postcards From America - a non-linear biography of David Wojnarowicz (Steve McLean, director)

Critical studies and adaptations

• David Wojnarowicz: Brush Fires in the Social Landscape. (1995). Aperture.
• Wojnarowicz, David, Romberger, James, and Van Cook, Marguerite. Seven Miles a Second. (1996). DC Comics. (Autobiographical comic book partly scripted by Wojnarowicz, partly adapted posthumously from his diaries.)
• Wojnarowicz, David, et al., ed. Amy Scholder. Fever: The Art of David Wojnarowicz. (1999). New Museum Books.
• David Wojnarowiz : A Definitive History of Five or Six Years on the Lower East Side, interviews By Sylvère Lotringer, edited By Giancarlo Ambrosino (2006)

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References

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External links

• David Wojnarowicz by Dan Cameron and Dennis Szakacs
• David Wojnarowicz Reading
• David Wojnarowicz Papers at Fales Library, New York University.
• The David Wojnarowicz Myspace page