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Sorry this notice is so late about the panel and opening reception.
(message forwarded by Sherman Clarke, Bobst Lib., NYU)
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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 17:35:53 -0500 (EST)
From: LUCINDA COVERT-VAIL =3Ccovertl=40elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu=3E
Subject: David Wojnarowicz Exhibition Opening
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The Fales Library at New York University invites you to a panel
discussion and opening reception for =5FReality and Realism: The Vision
of David Wojnarowicz=5F, a major retrospective exhibition of
Wojnarowicz=92s literary and theoretical works. The panel and opening
reception will be on February 4th, 1999, at 6:30 pm, Fales Library,
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 3rd Floor, 70 Washington Square South, New
York, New York.
The panelists will be Peggy Phelan (New York University), Mysoon Risk
(Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design), David Deitcher (Bard
College), and Robert Sember (Columbia University). They will discuss
Wojnarowicz=92s place in American arts movements, the political
controversies surrounding his work, his impact on contemporary
cultural theory, andhis representation of the AIDS epidemic.
The exhibition, =5FReality and Realism: The Vision of David
Wojnarowicz=5F, draws on the extensive David Wojnarowicz Papers held in
the Library. Included are journals, letters, photographs, art
objects, and other materials that document the development of
Wojnarowicz=92s career and his aesthetics. The Wojnarowicz Papers are a
part of the Downtown Collection, a collection of materials that
documents the Soho and East Village literary and arts scene from 1975
to the present. The exhibition will be open until April 23, 1999.
The event is free and open to the public. Seating will be limited.
Please RSVP to 212.998-2596.
