Panel Discussion · Cynthia Carr, Chris McKim, Carlo McCormick & Sur Rodney (Sur)

Moderated by Wendy Olsoff
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
5:00pm (EST)
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In conjunction with the virtual cinema release of Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker, P·P·O·W is pleased to present a panel discussion between documentary director Chris McKim, biographer Cynthia Carr, artist and activist Sur Rodney (Sur), and cultural critic Carlo McCormick. Moderated by P·P·O·W co-founder Wendy Olsoff, this discussion will explore the irrepressible legacy of artist, writer, photographer, and activist David Wojnarowicz as captured in this deeply moving documentary.

Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker is a fiery and urgent documentary portrait of downtown New York City artist, writer, photographer, and activist David Wojnarowicz. As New York City became the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Wojnarowicz weaponized his work and waged war against the establishment’s indifference to the plague until his death from it in1992 at the age of 37. Exclusive access to his breathtaking body of work – including paintings, journals, and films – reveals how Wojnarowicz emptied his life into his art and activism.Rediscovered answering machine tape recordings and intimate recollections from Fran Lebowitz, Gracie Mansion, Peter Hujar, and other friends and family help present a stirring portrait of this fiercely political, unapologetically queer artist. Wojnarowicz opens March 19 in virtual cinemas supporting indie theaters.

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Cynthia Carr

Photo by Timothy Greenfield Sanders

Cynthia Carr is the author, most recently, of Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz (2012), winner of a Lambda Literary Award for “Gay Memoir/Biography’’ and finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize awarded by Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. Her previous books are Our Town: A Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America (2006) and On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century (1993; re-issued in 2008 in a revised second edition). Carr chronicled the work of contemporary artists as a Village Voice staff writer in the 1980s and 1990s (under the byline C.Carr). Her work has also appeared in Artforum, Bookforum, The New York Times, TDR: The Drama Review, and other publications.

Cynthia Carr. Photo by Timothy Greenfield Sanders
Chris McKim

Chris McKim

Chris McKim is an Emmy winning documentary filmmaker & TV producer. Starting his career at Miramax Films, he once hit Harvey Weinstein in the head with a door. He helped create the hit series RuPaul’s Drag Race as show runner and EP of the first 4 seasons. In 2016 he co-directed & produced the Emmy-winning documentary Out of Iraq and most recently directed & produced Freedia Got a Gun which was selected for the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival along with Wojnarowicz.

Carlo McCormick

Carlo McCormick is an American culture critic and curator living in New York City. His numerous books, monographs and catalogues include Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, The Downtown Book: The New York Art Scene 1974-1984, and Dondi White: Style Master General. His work has appeared in Art in America, Art News, Artforum and many other publications.

Carlo McCormick
Sur Rodney (Sur)

Sur Rodney (Sur)

Sur Rodney (Sur) is a writer, artist, archivist and activist. A fixture on the East Village art scene, Sur was co-director, with business partner Gracie Mansion, of the celebrated Gracie Mansion Gallery (1983–88), which helped establish the international reputations of many young and emerging artists. In the late 1980s, Sur shifted his practice to work with artists affected by the growing AIDS crisis, leading to his involvement with Visual AIDS and the Frank Moore Archive Project. He also began to collaborate on curatorial projects with his longtime partner Geoffrey Hendricks, organizing a series of exhibitions related to art and AIDS.
 

Wendy Olsoff

Wendy Olsoff co-founded P·P·O·W alongside Penny Pilkington in the first wave of the East-Village Art Scene in New York City in 1983. Since its inception, the gallery has remained true to its early vision, exhibiting politically and socially conscious contemporary work in all media. An alumna of William Smith College, Olsoff has lectured extensively throughout the United States at universities and museums. In 2012, Olsoff was a recipient of the Visual AIDS Vanguard Award for the gallery's dedication and support of artists in the LGBTQ community and her ongoing leadership in the fight against censorship. She is a founding Charter member of the Feminist Art Council at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum and serves on the Boards of Directors for both the Art Dealers Association of America and Visual AIDS.

Wendy Olsoff
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