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David Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the New York City art world.
David Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, and AIDS activist prominent in the New York City art world during the 1980s and early 1990s.
He is known for his confrontational visual art, underground short films such as A Fire in My Belly and Where Evil Dwells, and fierce advocacy for AIDS awareness.
His film and video work spans experimental short films, raw underground cinema, and performance art documenting the marginalized experience and the political crisis of the AIDS epidemic.