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Wojnarowicz ( Close to the Knives , LJ 5/1/91), a participant in two Whitney Biennials and well known as a target of Reverend Donald Wildmon's (American Family Association) anti-art campaigns, died last month. A fragment of autobiography as art and a retrospective of ten years of his work represent him here. In Memories . . . the artist uses childlike line drawings and ink paintings to illustrate three short, graphically sexual scenes from his youth and a longer montage from 1991 when he is living with and dying of AIDS. His matter-of-fact descriptions--void of self-pity, regret, or apo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More