The Whitney Museum of
American Art is first on
our list.
Their featured artist is
Two faces painted on
a torn, upside down
poster written in
Spanish.
I am new to Wojnarowicz and clearly see his interest in Central and South America's political instabilities. The poster is hastily mended and the wording is not lined up. The face on the right is stitched closed. Dissenting views are quashed in this piece.
A man sleeps while
the world struggles
the world struggles
with drug abuse,
commercialism,
commercialism,
war, alcoholism,
rigid church
doctrine...
rigid church
doctrine...
Science Fiction meets
the Wild West or....
Disruption of native
culture leads to the
destruction of our
world.
Violence is a recurring theme in Wojnarowicz's works.
A 1950s thug shares
the sleeping man's
dreams with a science
experiment, an alien,
damaged statues &
the sleeping man's
dreams with a science
experiment, an alien,
damaged statues &
an ancient, broken
column.
Look more closely for more destructive images.
A monstrous figure watches
over a polluting power plant
& a worker carrying his
prey, an antlered buck
on his shoulders.
A lone swimmer is at the
bottom of this piece.
Is the water clean, or is
it polluted?
David Wojnarowicz used his art to showcase political, social and environmental activism.
He died of complications from AIDS at age 37.
He died of complications from AIDS at age 37.
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