Itsofomo
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Arts/culture critic Cynthia Carr and scholar Jennifer Doyle examine the work of the artist David Wojnarowicz from historical, literary, and queer perspectives. Carr is the author of Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz; Doyle is the author of Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art. A rare, full-length screening of ITSOFOMO (In the Shadow of Forward Motion), Wojnarowicz’s collaboration with composer Ben Neill, will follow the discussion.
In conjunction with Selections from the Grunwald Center and the Hammer Contemporary Collection.
All Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from the Dream Fund at UCLA.
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, the Simms/Mann Family Foundation, The Brotman Foundation of California, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, and all Hammer members.