David Wojnarowicz: A Definitive History of Five or Six Years on the Lower East Side
2007Ambrosino, Giancarlo (Editor)
220 pages (color)
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1954 Red Bank, New Jersey - 1992 New York City. Known for: Funk-modernist figurative imagery.
"Wojnarowicz's work emerged directly from his life. He knew little art history, had no training past high school, and made a point of not trolling the galleries to see what everyone else was doing.... Read full biography
"Wojnarowicz's work emerged directly from his life. He knew little art history, had no training past high school, and made a point of not trolling the galleries to see what everyone else was doing. Exposed to unusual hardship as a boy, as a sexually active teen, and as a street person, he didn't... Read full biography
"Wojnarowicz's work emerged directly from his life. He knew little art history, had no training past high school, and made a point of not trolling the galleries to see what everyone else was doing. Exposed to unusual hardship as a boy, as a sexually active teen, and as a street person, he didn't see his experience reflected in the culture. Art was his antidote. Art was his way of witnessing." . -- C. Carr. Self-taught painter, collagist, photographer and filmmaker David Wojnarowicz was born in... Read full biography
"Wojnarowicz's work emerged directly from his life. He knew little art history, had no training past high school, and made a point of not trolling the galleries to see what everyone else was doing. Exposed to unusual hardship as a boy, as a sexually active teen, and as a street person, he didn't see his experience reflected in the culture. Art was his antidote. Art was his way of witnessing." . -- C. Carr. Self-taught painter, collagist, photographer and filmmaker David Wojnarowicz was born in 1954 in Red Bank, New Jersey, dying prematurely in 1992. A difficult childhood, brought on by an abusive family life and an emerging sense of his own homosexuality, Wojnarowicz dropped out of high school and was living on the streets by the age of... Read full biography
"Wojnarowicz's work emerged directly from his life. He knew little art history, had no training past high school, and made a point of not trolling the galleries to see what everyone else was doing. Exposed to unusual hardship as a boy, as a sexually active teen, and as a street person, he didn't see his experience reflected in the culture. Art was his antidote. Art was his way of witnessing." . -- C. Carr. Self-taught painter, collagist, photographer and filmmaker David Wojnarowicz was born in 1954 in Red Bank, New Jersey, dying prematurely in 1992. A difficult childhood, brought on by an abusive family life and an emerging sense of his own homosexuality, Wojnarowicz dropped out of high school and was living on the streets by the age of sixteen. He turned to hustling in Times Square. After hitchhiking many times across the U.S. and living for several months in San Francisco and P... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (28)
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The 1980s: A Virtual Discussion
2007Berger, Maurice270 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesEast Village USA (New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York)
2004Cameron, Dan160 pagesOutlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in 20th Century Art
2002Meyer, Richard376 pagesIt's All True: Imagining New York's East Village Art Scene of the 1980s
1999Kirwin, Elizabeth Seton916 pagesFever: The Art of David Wojnarowicz
1999New Museum Books150 pages (color)Art in the Courtroom
1998Inde, Vilis R270 pagesArt of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996Sandler, Irving636 pages (color)Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995Fineberg, Jonathan496 pages (color)History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts From the Dawn of History to the Present Day
1995Janson, H W; Dora Jane Janson960 pages (color)Art Today
1995Lucie-Smith, Edward512 pages (color)In the Shadow of the American Dream The Diaries of David Wojnarowicz
1995Scholder, Amy (ed)0 pagesCulture or Trash? A Provocative View of Contemporary Painting (etc)
1993Gardner, James227 pagesA Nation's Legacy 150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections
1992
(Exhibition catalog)Columbus Museum of Art198 pages (color)Devil on the Stairs Looking Back on the Eighties
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Storr, Robert/J Tannenbaum96 pages (color)Word As Image American Art 1960-1990
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel172 pages (color)Art What Thou Eat Images of Food in American Art
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Gustafson, Donna (others)191 pages (color)Sounding the Depths 150 Years of American Seascape
1989Nelson, Harold B111 pages (color)New, Used and Improved Art for the 80's
1987Frank, Peter/Michael McKenzie159 pages (color)Postminimalism into Maximalism American Art 1966-1986
1987Pincus-Witten, Robert429 pagesBlasted Allegories An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists
1987Wallis, Brian (editor)431 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesAmerican Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985Krantz, Les347 pages (color)New Art
1984Freeman, Phyllis207 pages (color)The East Village Scene
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Kardon, Janet64 pagesNeo York Report on a Phenomenon
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Plous, Phyllis/Mary Looker56 pages (color)