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David Wojnarowicz (/ˌvɔɪnəˈroʊvɪtʃ/; September 14, 1954 – July 22, 1992) was a painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the New York City art world.
Wojnarowicz was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, and later lived with his mother in New York City, where he attended the High School of Performing Arts for a brief period. A victim of childhood abuse, he lived for a time during his teenage years as a street hustler; he graduated from the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan.
After a period outside of New York, he returned in the late 1970s, where he quickly emerged as one of the most prominent and prolific of an avant-garde wing that mixed media, made and used graffiti and street art; his first recognition came from stencils of houses afire that appeared on the exposed sides of buildings in the East Village. He made super-8 films, such as Heroin, began a photographic series of Arthur Rimbaud, did stencil work, played in a band called 3 Teens Kill 4, and exhibited his work in well-known East Village galleries, notably Civilian Warfare, Ground Zero Gallery NY, Public Illumination Picture Gallery, Gracie Mansion and Hal Bromm. Wojnarowicz was also connected to other prolific artists of the time, appearing in or collaborating on works with artists like Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, Luis Frangella, Karen Finley, Kiki Smith, John Fekner, Richard Kern, James Romberger, Marguerite Van Cook, Ben Neill, Marion Scemama and Phil Zwickler. For some years, until Hujar's death of AIDS in 1987, he and Hujar were lovers. Hujar's death moved Wojnarowicz's work into much more explicit activism and political content, notably around the injustices, social and legal, inherent in the response to the AIDS epidemic.
The American Medical Association (AMA), founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of physicians—both MDs and DOs—and medical students in the United States.
The AMA's stated mission is to promote the art and science of medicine for the betterment of the public health, to advance the interests of physicians and their patients, to promote public health, to lobby for legislation favorable to physicians and patients, and to raise money for medical education. The Association also publishes the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which has the largest circulation of any weekly medical journal in the world. The AMA also publishes a list of Physician Specialty Codes which are the standard method in the U.S. for identifying physician and practice specialties.
In 1847 after a report by physician Nathan Smith Davis, members of the AMA met in Philadelphia as a national professional medical organization, the first of its kind in the world, going on to establish uniform standards for medical education, training, and practice, the world's first national code for ethical medical practice. Ever since, the AMA Code of Medical Ethics dictates professional conduct for practicing physicians.
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 (Aug. 2, 1937) was a United States Act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis. The H.R. 6385 act was drafted by Harry Anslinger and introduced by Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, on April 14, 1937. The seventy-fifth Congress held hearings on April 27, 28, 29th, 30th, and May 4, 1937. Upon the congressional hearings confirmation, the H.R. 6385 act was redrafted as H.R. 6906 and introduced with House Report 792. The Act is now commonly referred to, using the modern spelling, as the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act. This act was overturned in 1969 in Leary v. United States, and was repealed by Congress the next year.
Regulations and restrictions on the sale of cannabis sativa as a drug began as early as 1860 (see Legal history of cannabis in the United States). The head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), Harry J. Anslinger, argued that, in the 1930s, the FBN had noticed an increase of reports of people smoking marijuana. He had also, in 1935, received support from president Franklin D. Roosevelt for adoption of the Uniform State Narcotic Act, state laws that included regulations of cannabis.
Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 Opposed by the AMA (American Medical Association)
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I, YOU, WE: Cynthia Carr on David Wojnarowicz
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Olivier Mosset - A Step Backwards - MAC Lyon
Sister Wendy, Piss Christ, & David Wojnarowicz during discussion at SF Camerawork
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 was a United States Act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis. The H.R. 6385 act was drafted by Harry Anslinger and introduced by Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, on April 14, 1937. The seventy-fifth Congress held hearings on April 27, 28, 29th, 30th, and May 4, 1937. Upon the congressional hearings confirmation, the H.R. 6385 act was redrafted as H.R. 6906 and introduced with House Report 792. The Act is now commonly referred to, using the modern spelling, as the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act. This act was overturned in 1969 in Leary v. United States, and was repealed by Congress the next year. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image sourc...
1936 - 1938: William Randolph Hearst's newspaper empire fuels a tabloid journalism propaganda campaign against marijuana. Articles with headlines such as Marihuana Makes Fiends of Boys in 30 Days; Hasheesh Goads Users to Blood-Lust create terror of the killer weed from Mexico. Through his relentless misinformation campaign, Hearst is credited with bringing the word marijuana into the English language. In addition to fueling racist attitudes toward Hispanics, Hearst papers run articles about marijuana-crazed negroes raping white women and playing voodoo-satanic jazz music. Driven insane by marijuana, these blacks -- according to accounts in Hearst-owned newspapers -- dared to step on white men's shadows, look white people directly in the eye for more than three seconds, and even laugh...
2015 AGU UNION MEDAL, AWARD, AND PRIZE RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED The Honors and Recognition Committee and the Union Selection committees are please to announce the recipients of the American Geophysical Union’s 2015 Union medals, awards, and prizes. AGU’s vision is to collaboratively advance and communicate science and its power to ensure a sustainable future. Our honorees’ achievements help build the foundations on which we will realize that vision. Profound Impact In an environment that encourages experimentation, innovation, and the free exchange of ideas, these outstanding contributors to the Earth and space sciences thrive. Their work has a profound impact on the ways we live and think. We thank all who have given their support and commitment to AGU’s honors program, including voluntee...
In this video, Whitney collection works by artist David Wojnarowicz are discussed by Cynthia Carr, author of Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz (2012).
Interview vidéo d'Olivier Mosset au sujet de son oeuvre "A step backwards" exposée au Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon.
http://www.hideseek.org - lists screenings & discussions of Wojnarovicz http://www.sfcamerawork.org http://www.ppowgallery.com http://www.ppowgallery.com/selected_work.php?artist=14 http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/exhhide.html Collection of Times coverage of Wojnarowicz http://www.nytimes.com/keyword/david-wojnarowicz DSC_2373.MOV
Artist David Wojnarowicz discusses right-wing backlash against the NEA and arts funding (circa 1990). Thanks to Kevin Doyle for putting this up on Vimeo. Just a polite announcement - I do not like to delete comments, but hate speech (e.g., celebrating the death of AIDS victims and wishing the death of LGBT persons) will not be tolerated. For more commentary, see: http://merepseudbloged.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/do-not-doubt-the-dangerousness-of-the-12-inch-politician/
Directed By John Carlin Animation by Susan Pitt David Wojnarowicz (September 14, 1954 -- July 22, 1992) was a painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and activist who was prominent in the New York City art world of the 1980s. Wojnarowicz was born in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1954. The product of an extremely difficult childhood brought on by an abusive family life and an emerging sense of his own homosexuality, Wojnarowicz dropped out of high school and was living on the streets by the age of sixteen. He turned to hustling in Times Square. After hitchhiking many times across the U.S. and living for several months in San Francisco and Paris, he settled in New York's East Village in 1978. Many of Wojnarowicz' works incorporate outsider experiences drawn from his person...
In this video, Whitney collection works by artist David Wojnarowicz are discussed by Cynthia Carr, author of Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz (2012).
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Tribute*Peter Hujar (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) Hujar was a leading figure in the group of artists, musicians, writers, and performers at the forefront of the cultural scene in downtown New York in the 1970s and early 80s, and he was enormously admired for his uncompromising attitude towards work and life. He was a consummate technician, and his portraits of people, animals, and landscapes, with their exquisite black-and-white tonalities, were extremely influential. Highly emotional yet stripped of excess, Hujar's photographs are always beautiful, although rarely in a conventional way. His extraordinary first book, Portraits in Life and Death, with an introduction by Susan Sontag, was published in 1976. Hujar died in 1987, leaving behind a complex and profound body of photograph...
http://www.hideseek.org - lists screenings & discussions of Wojnarovicz http://www.sfcamerawork.org http://www.ppowgallery.com http://www.ppowgallery.com/selected_work.php?artist=14 http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/exhhide.html Collection of Times coverage of Wojnarowicz http://www.nytimes.com/keyword/david-wojnarowicz DSC_2373.MOV
An excerpt of David Wojnarowicz's A Fire In My Belly that I caught on video before the Tacoma Art Museum staff informed me politely that no video was allowed. The same woman who sold me my ticket and reminded us to use no flash was the one to stop me from recording it in full. When I asked her why she didn't mention this when I got my ticket, she said they never have had to tell anyone that before. I caught the end of their 7 minute edit, and then some of the beginning. I then reworked it at home to make it 'linear'.
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 was a United States Act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis. The H.R. 6385 act was drafted by Harry Anslinger and introduced by Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, on April 14, 1937. The seventy-fifth Congress held hearings on April 27, 28, 29th, 30th, and May 4, 1937. Upon the congressional hearings confirmation, the H.R. 6385 act was redrafted as H.R. 6906 and introduced with House Report 792. The Act is now commonly referred to, using the modern spelling, as the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act. This act was overturned in 1969 in Leary v. United States, and was repealed by Congress the next year. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image sourc...
1936 - 1938: William Randolph Hearst's newspaper empire fuels a tabloid journalism propaganda campaign against marijuana. Articles with headlines such as Marihuana Makes Fiends of Boys in 30 Days; Hasheesh Goads Users to Blood-Lust create terror of the killer weed from Mexico. Through his relentless misinformation campaign, Hearst is credited with bringing the word marijuana into the English language. In addition to fueling racist attitudes toward Hispanics, Hearst papers run articles about marijuana-crazed negroes raping white women and playing voodoo-satanic jazz music. Driven insane by marijuana, these blacks -- according to accounts in Hearst-owned newspapers -- dared to step on white men's shadows, look white people directly in the eye for more than three seconds, and even laugh...
2015 AGU UNION MEDAL, AWARD, AND PRIZE RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED The Honors and Recognition Committee and the Union Selection committees are please to announce the recipients of the American Geophysical Union’s 2015 Union medals, awards, and prizes. AGU’s vision is to collaboratively advance and communicate science and its power to ensure a sustainable future. Our honorees’ achievements help build the foundations on which we will realize that vision. Profound Impact In an environment that encourages experimentation, innovation, and the free exchange of ideas, these outstanding contributors to the Earth and space sciences thrive. Their work has a profound impact on the ways we live and think. We thank all who have given their support and commitment to AGU’s honors program, including voluntee...
In this video, Whitney collection works by artist David Wojnarowicz are discussed by Cynthia Carr, author of Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz (2012).
Interview vidéo d'Olivier Mosset au sujet de son oeuvre "A step backwards" exposée au Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon.
http://www.hideseek.org - lists screenings & discussions of Wojnarovicz http://www.sfcamerawork.org http://www.ppowgallery.com http://www.ppowgallery.com/selected_work.php?artist=14 http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/exhhide.html Collection of Times coverage of Wojnarowicz http://www.nytimes.com/keyword/david-wojnarowicz DSC_2373.MOV