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David Michael Wojnarowicz (/ ˌ v ɔɪ n ə ˈ r oʊ v ɪ tʃ / VOY-nə-ROH-vitch; September 14, 1954 – July 22, 1992) was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village art scene.
Beginning in the late 1970s, David Wojnarowicz (1954–1992) created a body of work that spanned photography, painting, music, film, sculpture, writing, and activism. Largely self-taught, he came to prominence in New York in the 1980s, a period marked by creative energy, financial precariousness, and profound cultural changes.
Learn about David Wojnarowicz, an American artist who made provocative and political art about AIDS, society, and his own life. Explore his paintings, films, photos, and writings in MoMA's collection.
Aug 18, 2018 · Wojnarowicz, whose artistic career spanned the late seventies to his death, from AIDS, in 1992, at thirty-seven, posed the Rimbaud portraits in spots around New York that were...
- Moira Donegan
Learn about David Wojnarowicz, a painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, and activist who explored personal and political themes in his art. See 36 of his works in Tate Britain's Prints and Drawings Rooms.
Learn about the life and work of David Wojnarowicz, a visionary artist, writer, and activist who celebrated the margins of society. Explore his early photography series, his artistic rebellion in the East Village, and his legacy of social justice.
As a retrospective opens of the fearless artist and AIDS activist's work, we spoke with the exhibition's curator to discover why Wojnarowicz's art is so necessary now.
