
Untitled (One Day This Kid...)
<p>A prominent figure of the East Village art scene in New York during the 1980s, David Wojnarowicz produced paintings, photographs, installations, performances, and experimental films that fused the aesthetics of the punk-music scene and street culture with a personal, political activism. Distinguished by raw expressions of rage and personal longing, much of his work expresses concerns with the inequalities and disenfranchisement of people living with HIV and AIDS. Toward the end of his life, Wojnarowicz turned to writing, photography, and performance. Exemplifying this period is <em>Untitled</em>, in which a picture of the artist as a child is surrounded by a fierce written critique of American political and social systems that sustain a cultural homophobia.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1990
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 81.3 × 104 cm (32 × 41 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- 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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Record
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- David Wojnarowicz
- Year
- 1990
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 81.3 × 104 cm (32 × 41 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1990-044537
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





