David Wojnarowicz
David Wojnarowicz was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1954, and first gained notice in New York’s East Village art scene in the 1970s. He rose to fame for his exceptional range, intelligence, and passion, and by the 1980s had become one of the most provocative artists of his generation. In the years before his death in 1992 from AIDS-related complications, he worked tirelessly as anAIDSactivistand anticensorship advocate.In 1985, Wojnarowicz brought his fight for freedom of expression to the...
