![]() ![]() It was also to expose the political and social structures that perpetuate discrimination against women and people of color who face additional barriers in their efforts to seek treatment for their illnesses. Since being diagnosed with AIDS in the late 80's, Wojnarowicz's experience of living with HIV has always been the subject of his work. ![]() Wojnarowicz, using fragmentary experiences from his daily life (including his carefully documented dreams), argues that these techniques can be applied to class, cultural, and racial oppression. ![]() With motifs of ants, locomotives, gold, tornadoes, and dinosaurs, it is juxtaposed with newspaper articles and other texts that examine the mechanisms of historical and global power symbolized by the technology of the times, each on an equal footing. This book offers a glimpse of the germination of Wojnarowicz's now iconic mixed media work. Gallery in 1989.Įven though only 50 copies were produced, the publication has been treated as a legendary artist's book, and with good reason. ![]() In the Shadow of Forward Motion was published as a limited edition zine/catalog to accompany Wojnarowicz's exhibition at P.P.O.W. A collection of works by American artist David Wojnarowicz. ![]()
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