Era: 1984—INTERNATIONAL

Summer 1984: Acts in Richard Kern’s “Stray Dogs”

Still from Richard Kern, Manhattan Love Suicides: Stray Dogs, 1986. Copyright and Courtesy Richard Kern.

June 2 1984: Travels to Buenos Aires

desde NEW YORK, David Wojnarowicz, Pinturas y Esculturas, CENTRO DE ARTE Y COMUNICACIÓN, 1984

1984-85: Paints mural in Louisville Kentucky

David Wojnarowicz installation for "The Missing Children Show: Six Artists from the East Village," in Louisville, Kentucky, 1984. Photo Courtesy Gracie Mansion Gallery.

May 28 1984: Reads at Pyramid Club

last chance production's The Grand Finale of the Memorial Day Parade of Idiots Pyramid Club flyer

May 5 1984: Has Solo Show Civilian Warfare

Civilian Warfare poster for David Wojnarowicz solo show May 5 - June 3, 1984. Photo of David surrounded by his Metamorphosis series in his Bowery studio by Marion Scemama.

April 1984: Performas as Lou Reed

David Wojnarowicz as The Velvet Underground's Lou Reed, PS1, 1984

1984: “Untitled,” Metamorphosis Series

"Untitled," Metamorphosis Series, 1984

1984-1985: Given Another PS1 ClockTower Studio

David Wojnarowicz in his PS1 Studio c 1983. Photo copyright and courtesy Andreas Sterzing.

April 24, 1984: American Researchers find AIDS Virus

New York Times article about American Health and Human Services finding the AIDS virus, 1984