Democracy at Work
<p>David Wojnarowicz, <em>Democracy at Work</em>, 1989. Screeprint, sheet: 23 × 18 7/8 in. (58.4 × 47.9 cm) Image: 23 × 18 7/8 in. (58.4 × 47.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Paul Castrucci 2016.257.11. © The Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1989
- Medium
- Screeprint
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 23 × 18 7/8 in. (58.4 × 47.9 cm) Image: 23 × 18 7/8 in. (58.4 × 47.9 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- David Wojnarowicz
Artist
Photography
David Wojnarowicz was an American artist, filmmaker, and activist who worked across photography, painting, collage, and text to create urgent political interventions. His practice merged autobiographical narrative with documentary urgency, addressing homelessness, queer identity, and the AIDS crisis during the 1980s and early 1990s. Working in New York, he combined found materials, spray paint, and personal testimony in works that refused aesthetic distance from social catastrophe. His films and installations remain defining documents of postwar American dissent.
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- David Wojnarowicz
- Year
- 1989
- Medium
- Screeprint
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 23 × 18 7/8 in. (58.4 × 47.9 cm) Image: 23 × 18 7/8 in. (58.4 × 47.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1989-173684
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified