In The Life Presents: Censoring Wojnarowicz

3/3/2011 —

In The Life Media looks at the controversy surrounding the removal of David Wojnarowicz’s video installation, “A Fire in My Belly,” from the National Portrait Gallery’s Hide/Seek show at the Smithsonian. The video, which represents the artist’s anger as he faced death from AIDS ignited outrage among conservative lawmakers and religious leaders.

This is another follow-up to my blogpost on whether galleries should display offensive art. Earlier follow-up via here.