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In the shadow of the American dream
the diaries of David Wojnarowicz
By Wojnarowicz, David & Scholder, Amy
- ISBN
- 978-0-80211-632-1
- Publisher
- New York : Grove Press, c1999.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1999
A painter, photographer, writer, and activist, Wojnarowicz currently is being commemorated with a large-scale retrospective at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, the first since his death from AIDS at the age of 37 in 1992. The catalog to that show presents more than 70 pieces, from simple early photographs of himself posing in a Rimbaud mask to his most successful multimedia collages. Wojnarowicz was a leading light among political East Village artists of the 1980s. Yet, surprisingly, the satire and social critique in much of his work has managed to evolve--like that of Otto Dix--taking on broader meaning rather than a dated look....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
