4 wojnarowicz

by Matheus Moraes

Artist’s Statement:

About the art: An entry from my notebook: Sometimes days end before art does, sometimes life ends before a whole body of work can be done. Life isn't about completion or conclusions, it's about leaving a body of work that will be continued by future generations.

David Wojnarowicz was a voice of the gay movement that was silenced by the sanitization of the gay experience through capitalism as a form of existence and assimilation to heteronormative ideals. Rebelling against the powers that have once pathologized our love is our duty as the bearers of the torch of hope for our future queer folk, especially during fascistic times.

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BIO: Matheus Moraes is a Brazilian-American writer, translator, and multimedia artist whose work blends text, collage, drawing and video. Exploring language, memory, and transformation, he has created content for Lonely Planet. Currently relocated to Rio de Janeiro in search of getting in touch with his Brazilian roots and making sense of the liminal parts of life that feel static, despite the unattainability of time.