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4 unusual facts about David Wojnarowicz


Bob Ostertag

Ostertag originally conceived Bob Ostertag: All the Rage as a collaboration with writer/painter/photographer/film maker David Wojnarowicz, but David was ill with AIDS.

Jim Radakovich

He frequently exhibited with other artists who emerged at the time, including Kiki Smith, David Wojnarowicz, George Condo, Rick Prol, Peter Schuyff, Mark Kostabi and Marilyn Minter.

John Edward Heys

Sounds in The Distance, 1984, by David Wojnarowicz The Berlin Debut in 1984, and a second production in Brooklny, New York, late 1980's

Jonathan David Katz

David Wojnarowicz's video "A Fire in My Belly" was removed from the exhibition on November 30, 2010, causing controversy.


Deathtripping

The loose-knit group of underground filmmakers included Richard Kern, Tommy Turner, Lydia Lunch, Beth B, Cassandra Stark, Joe Coleman and David Wojnarowicz, amongst others.

Ira Silverberg

This firm has attracted clients like The Academy of American Poets, William S. Burroughs, the estate of David Wojnarowicz, Dennis Cooper, City Lights Publications, and Re/Search Publications.

Noise Fest

Among an art installation created by David Wojnarowicz and Joseph Nechvatal, various performance artists such as Ilona Granet and Emily XYZ did their acts intermixing with the music of The Fall, Beastie Boys, Live Skull, Sonic Youth, Lydia Lunch, Elliott Sharp, Swans and Arto Lindsay.

Redtape Magazine

Contributors to the magazine included Richard Hambleton, Kathy Acker, David Wojnarowicz, Constance De Jong, John Farris, Greer Lankton, Patrick McGrath, Peter Chereches, James Romberger, Lynne Tillman, and others.


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