DAVID WOJNAROWICZ

One of David Wojnarowiczs few incursions into photography is a testimony of urban, social and political change in New York in the late 1970sIn 1978 and 1979, David Wojnarowicz took a series of photographs of a man wearing a paper mask bearing the visage of Arthur Rimbaud, the French poet equally known for his fervid verse and dramatic life. Rimbaud was the instantiation, and perhaps the inventor, of the idea of the young gay hustler of genius.Presenting a selection of photographs by Wojnarowicz, this amply illustrated volume features ...[Read more]