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United by AIDS

An Anthology on Art in Response to HIV/AIDS

With Essays by Douglas Crimp, Alexander García Duttmann, Raphael Gygax, Elsa Himmer, Ted Kerr, Elisabeth Lebovici, and Nurja Ritter

Distributed for Scheidegger & Spiess

United by AIDS

An Anthology on Art in Response to HIV/AIDS

With Essays by Douglas Crimp, Alexander García Duttmann, Raphael Gygax, Elsa Himmer, Ted Kerr, Elisabeth Lebovici, and Nurja Ritter
The appearance of HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s and its subsequent rapid spread left deep marks on society. Artists and activists across the world responded to both the illness itself and its effects with moving work that reflects on loss, remembrance, and activism in art.

United by AIDS sheds light on the multifaceted and complex interrelation between art and HIV/AIDS from the 1980s to the present. Published to accompany an exhibition at Zurich’s Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, it looks at the blurred lines between art production and HIV/AIDS activism and showcases artists who played—and still play—leading roles in this discourse. Alongside fifty illustrations of important works, including many in color, the book includes brief texts on the featured artists and essays by Douglas Crimp, Alexander García Düttmann, Raphael Gygax, Elsa Himmer, Ted Kerr, Elisabeth Lebovici, and Nurja Ritter.
 

260 pages | 66 color plates, 4 halftones | 6 x 9 1/4 | © 2019

Architecture: History of Architecture

Art:

Sociology: Sociology of Arts--Leisure, Sports


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