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“David Wojnarowicz (Silence = Death),” Andreas Sterzing, 1989. This portrait of the artist David Wojnarowicz was made by Andreas Sterzing in 1989, a year in which AIDS was estimated by the Centers for Disease Control to be the second leading cause of death among men 25 to 44 years of age. Wojnarowicz started out as an avant-garde painter and filmmaker in Lower Manhattan, but his work became far more politically charged after he discovered, around 1987, that he was H.I.V. positive. His sewn-up mouth became a recurring image in his art and activism, a gesture that took the slogan “Silence = Death,” which had been adopted as a rallying cry by AIDS activists and serves as the picture’s subtitle, to its logical, literal extreme. The task of educating the public about the crisis was largely left to activists and artists like Wojnarowicz. “I think what I really fear about death is the silencing of my voice,” he once said. “I feel this incredible pressure to leave something of myself behind.” #WorldAIDSDay #DavidWojnarowicz #Wojnarowicz #AndreasSterzing #SilenceEqualsDeath #KnowYourStatus https://www.instagram.com/p/CW-BftRMIui/?utm_medium=tumblr

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At the 8th Floor Gallery: "In the Power of Your Care”, is an exhibition about health and health care as a human right, and the interdependencies of care in our culture, from personal relationships to government policy. We created this sutured booklet format as flesh— illustrated works have a high-gloss varnish for a wet surface of an open wound. #inthepowerofyourcare #rubinfoundation #the8thfloor #caraballo-farman #jordaneagles #pepeespaliu #rajkamalkahlon #simoneleigh #anamendieta #mladenmiljanovic #frankmoore #carmenpapalia #hunterreynolds #jospence #andreassterzing #sunaurataylor #fredtomaselli #hannahwilke #davidwojnarowicz #jodywood #health #illness #power #stitches #exhibithandout #layout #typography #graphicdesign #tsangseymour (at Tsang Seymour)