Celebrating David's 70th birthday
Thank you to everyone who planned and attended events in celebration of David's creative life.
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!["David spoke to the universe,” remembers Anita Vitale, board chair of The David Wojnarowicz Foundation. “His voice could move you, that deep voice. He could capture an audience in the palm of his hand.“ Friends, educators, historians, writers, and curators remember David as a powerful activist who inspires acts of courage to this day.
Philip Yenawine, once Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art, remembers David as “… the most cogent, useful, arresting, challenging voice in the activist world… [David] was omnipresent.”
Learn more about David’s activism in the new section of our website. Explore related artwork, quotes, writing, and David’s own activist acts. Just follow the link in our profile.
IMAGES: Granfury, AIDSgate, 1987. Retrieved from Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library; David Wojnarowicz at “In Memoriam: A Gathering of Hope, A Day Without Art,” MoMA, November 30, 1989. Photo by Star Black © Star Black. Department of Public Information Records, II.B.2406. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York; Still of David reading in “AIDS Trilogie: Silence = Death, 1989 film” by Rosa von Praunheim with Phil Zwickler; David Wojnarowicz, Fuck You Faggot Fucker, 1984
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Portrait of David Wojnarowicz, 1984
by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Courtesy of the photographer.
Our mission is to preserve, advance and honor the legacy of David Wojnarowicz—his life, art, writing, and fierce commitment to social justice.