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Fever Art of David Wojnarowicz (New Museum Books, 2)

David Wojnarowicz, who had lived on the streets of New York since he was thirteen, drew from his experiences on the margins of American society to recreate a passionate world of outsiders-hustlers and hobos, club kids and rednecks. After he was diagnosed with AIDS in the late 1980's, Wojnarowicz's art took on a sharply political edge, and from then until his death in 1992, he became entangled in highly public debates about medical research and funding, censorship in the arts, and politically sanctioned homophobia.

Fever: The Art of David Wojnarowicz is the first book to explore the extraordinary breadth of his work in film, installation, sculpture, photography, performance, and writing, as well as his considerable influence on artists and writers working today.

It features essays by leading art scholars, including New Museum senior curator Dan Cameron, along with excerpts from Wojnarowicz's own writings and previously unpublished material from the archives of the Wojnarowicz estate-works that cross literary lines, from memoir and fiction to political commentary and cultural critique.

Dan Cameron, John Carlin, C. Carr, and Mysoon Rizk

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 160
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780847821440
  • Genres
  • art, queer
  • Release date
  • 1998