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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1990|1990]]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation | ====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]] [[:Category:Mixed Media|Mixed Media]] [[:Category: | ====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]] , [[:Category:Mixed Media|Mixed Media]], [[:Category:Exhibition|Exhibition]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' David Wojnarowicz | '''Artist:''' David Wojnarowicz | ||
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'''Location:''' Normal, IL | '''Location:''' Normal, IL | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Tongues of Flame'' is an exhibition of work by Wojnarowicz at Illinois State University dealing with AIDS issues, attacked prominent religious and political figures as indifferent to suffering from the disease. | ||
'''The Incident:''' Lawyer David Fordyce alleged in a lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Arts and Chairman John E. Frohnmayer that a $15,000 grant for an exhibition in Illinois displayed "open and notorious hostility toward religion." Fordyce represented the Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit legal services group, in the U.S. District Court action in Washington, D.C. It cited the NEA's grant last year for "Tongues of Flame," a display of works by David Wojnarowicz. Wojnarowicz filed suit in Manhattan Federal District Court charging Wildmon with illegal use of copyrighted images. The suit also charged libel in its Wildmon's intent to strip the work and the artist of artistic and political significance. | '''The Incident:''' Lawyer David Fordyce alleged in a lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Arts and Chairman John E. Frohnmayer that a $15,000 grant for an exhibition in Illinois displayed "open and notorious hostility toward religion." Fordyce represented the Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit legal services group, in the U.S. District Court action in Washington, D.C. It cited the NEA's grant last year for "Tongues of Flame," a display of works by David Wojnarowicz. Wojnarowicz filed suit in Manhattan Federal District Court charging Wildmon with illegal use of copyrighted images. The suit also charged libel in its Wildmon's intent to strip the work and the artist of artistic and political significance. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The NEA pulled funding for the ISU exhibition | '''Results of Incident:''' The NEA pulled funding for the ISU exhibition catalog. David Wojnarowicz died in 1993. | ||
'''Source:''' Committee For Artists' Rights Archive | '''Source:''' Committee For Artists' Rights Archive | ||
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Revision as of 20:27, 3 August 2011
Date: 1990]
Region: North America
Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Photography , Mixed Media, Exhibition
Artist: David Wojnarowicz
Confronting Bodies: Rev. Donald E. Wildmon, American Family Association
Dates of Action: 1990
Location: Normal, IL
Description of Artwork: Tongues of Flame is an exhibition of work by Wojnarowicz at Illinois State University dealing with AIDS issues, attacked prominent religious and political figures as indifferent to suffering from the disease.
The Incident: Lawyer David Fordyce alleged in a lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Arts and Chairman John E. Frohnmayer that a $15,000 grant for an exhibition in Illinois displayed "open and notorious hostility toward religion." Fordyce represented the Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit legal services group, in the U.S. District Court action in Washington, D.C. It cited the NEA's grant last year for "Tongues of Flame," a display of works by David Wojnarowicz. Wojnarowicz filed suit in Manhattan Federal District Court charging Wildmon with illegal use of copyrighted images. The suit also charged libel in its Wildmon's intent to strip the work and the artist of artistic and political significance.
Results of Incident: The NEA pulled funding for the ISU exhibition catalog. David Wojnarowicz died in 1993.
Source: Committee For Artists' Rights Archive
