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Tuesday Jun 28, 2005
Every BODY Has A Story.... Liberation Iannillo
"What attracted me to the art of David Wojnarowicz was the political nature of his work. The administration in the 80’s mishandled the AIDS crisis and he called them on it. When he found out that he himself had contracted the AIDS virus, his work became even more politically charged and at times it included rants against homophobes like Jesse Helmes and John Cardinal O’Connor. Through layers of paint, photos collages and his own poetry, he explored topics ranging from his own sexuality to technology and what the human race is doing to the earth.
David’s work exudes passion and I love the fact that I can see it whenever I want to on my body. I have three pieces of his work tattooed on my arm: a pork chop, a voodoo doll and a horse that is on fire. My choice of subject matter amuses the guys in the tattoo parlor as you can imagine.
My favorite piece is the horse on fire because it’s just so violent looking. Wojnarowicz took a poster from a race track and he painted flames down the backs of all the horses on the poster. It sounds completely gruesome but the actual painting is very striking.
Liberation Iannillo is the Publisher of Trigger Magazine
Liberation's tattoos were done by Regino from Inkstop Tattoo
Photos by Evan Sung
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