New York artist David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992)...a Crucifix covered in ants...An image from the Wojnarowicz video "A Fire in My Belly."
Wojnarowicz made “A Fire in My Belly,” dated 1986-87, at a turning point. In 1987 his longtime mentor and lover, the photographer Peter Hujar, died of AIDS, and Wojnarowicz himself learned that he was H.I.V.-positive. Although his career was by then well established, he was backing off from involvement in the art world and on his way to becoming immersed in AIDS politics.
Express Yourself: A Major New Showcase Of Gay Portraiture ---Transcript
