The Art Institute of Chicago holds six works by David Wojnarowicz spanning almost ten years of his brief career—including a painting, four photographs, and a a multi-media piece.
Art Institute curators write: “…David Wojnarowicz produced paintings, photographs, installations, performances, and experimental films that fused the aesthetics of the punk-music scene and street culture with a personal, political activism. Distinguished by raw expressions of rage and personal longing, his work from this period confronted the inequalities and disenfranchisement of people living with HIV and AIDS. In 1992, The New York Times critic Michael Kimmelman identified Wojnarowicz as “one of the most influential artists of the 1980s.”
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