Artist, writer, and activist David Wonjarowicz (1954 – 1992) first gained public attention in the early 1980s on the streets of downtown New York through his handmade posters and graffiti murals. Fire (1987) is one of four paintings in a series titled The Four Elements, in which the artist aimed to complicate narratives from American culture by suffusing them with his own lived experiences.
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