Nature, Death, and Spirituality in the Work of David Wojnarowicz
Rizk, Mysoon
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Description
Title
Nature, Death, and Spirituality in the Work of David Wojnarowicz
Author(s)
Rizk, Mysoon
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Fineberg, Jonathan
Department of Study
Art History
Discipline
Art History
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Biography
Language
eng
Abstract
A collage aesthetic dominated Wojnarowicz's fifteen-year career. He developed it, as a formal strategy, into an astonishing diversity of manifestations, with varying media, contexts, and a range of overall effects. Through collage, he depicted the collision between the personal and the social, between the margins and the mainstream, between a disappeared past and an apocalyptic present, while conveying the intensity of our age's information overload. His use of pre-printed materials alluded to the insidious pervasiveness of the pre-invented world, able to coat all available surfaces and infect every aspect of being. The amalgamated bodies of his cyborg protagonists evoked key elements of the postmodern condition: a fragmented sense of identity, an alienating loss of organic coherence, and an irrevocable disconnectedness from prior history.
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