Chinatown, New York
Group Exhibition
I Have Become My Own Worst Fear
P·P·O·WDotty Attie, Jimmy DeSana, Joe Houston, Betty Tompkins, Anton van Dalen, Martha Wilson, David Wojnarowicz with Jesse Hultberg, Martin Wong PPOW is pleased to present I Have Become My Own Worst Fear, a group exhibition featuring important works by artists that form the backbone of the gallery's program. Underscoring the important role galleries play in creating a platform for activism and unmediated expression, the show includes van Dalen's Junk Culture series featuring a McDonald's cheeseburger staring up at its own crucified udders and DeSana's Dungeon series depicting S&M beach scenes. The exhibition also provides a rare opportunity to view David Wojnarowicz's 1988 film, Beautiful People, starring Jesse Hultberg. Filmed in New York City and Rockland County, NY, Wojnarowicz films Hultberg as his drag persona Melanie Safka. For Wojnarowicz, the film is about "seeing drag queens as true revolutionaries who fuck with visual codes of gender." Spanning painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and video, the works in I Have Become My Own Worst Fear both depict the nightmare of America and celebrate the rebellious power of collectivity within it.