Era: 1989—CENSORSHIP

1989: opens largest solo show at P·P·O·W

Fear of Monkeys/Evolution 1988

1989: Bad Moon Rising

Bad Moon Rising, 1989. Four black-and-white photographs, acrylic, string, and collage on Masonite, 37 × 36 1/2 in.

1988-89: Untitled (Hujar Dead)

Untitled (Hujar Dead) 1988-89

1988-89: Untitled (Buffalos)

David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Buffalos), 1988–89. Gelatin silver print, 19 7/8 × 23 15/16 in.

1988-89: Anatomy and Architecture of Desire

Anatomy and Architecture of Desire 1988 - 1989

1988-89: Ant Series

Untitled (eye with ants) 1988-89

1989 film Heroin revised by Jesse Hultberg

November 17 1989: NEA reinstates funding of “Witnesses”

New York Times headline November 17, 1989 announcing NEA reinstatement of Artists Space show funding

December 10, 1989: ACT UP holds “Stop the Church” protest, at St. Patrick’s

ACT UP poster for "Stop the Church" protest December 10, 1989. Courtesy New York Public Library Digital Collection.

1989: creates Silence=Death image with Andreas Sterzing

Andreas Sterzing, David Wojnarowicz (silence=death), 1989. Photo copyright and courtesy Andreas Sterzing.