Democracy at Work

Bullet Space, publisher

1985–present

David Wojnarowicz, artist

1954–1992

Democracy at Work, 1990–1991

Where object was made: New York, New York, United States

Material/technique: screen print

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 584 x 508 mm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 23 0.9921 x 20 in

Credit line: Museum purchase

Accession number: 1994.0025.24

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Visible and Divisible America: In Conversation with the 2019–2020 KU Common Book

The work of artist and activist David Wojnarowicz has been controversial even after his death from AIDS in 1992. In Democracy at Work, Wojnarowizc uses powerful and evocative symbols to illustrate his critique of America. A personification of death represents democracy, which is cutting down protestors who bleed their concerns about poverty, racism, and other forms of injustice, all under the banner of a swastika made from U.S. dollars.

Visible and Divisible America: In Conversation with the 2019–2020 KU Common Book

Exhibition Label: "Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard The portfolio Your House is Mine was produced in the wake of the 1989 Tompkins Square Riots in New York City; the events surrounding the confrontation of police and radicals over the eviction of squatters in Lower East Side properties and the 300 homeless living in Tompkins Square Park.