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aids epidemic
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gay activists
gay history
gay rights movement
gay symbol
human rights advocate
lgbtqia rights
modern plague
pandemic
pink triangle
public health
silence equals death
social activism
social activist
Product details
- ISBN 9780520351332
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 152 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2020
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Early in the 1980s AIDS epidemic, six gay activists created one of the most iconic and lasting images that would come to symbolize a movement: a protest poster of a pink triangle with the words “Silence = Death.” The graphic and the slogan still resonate today, often used—and misused—to brand the entire movement. Cofounder of the collective Silence = Death and member of the art collective Gran Fury, Avram Finkelstein tells the story of how his work and other protest artwork associated with the early years of the pandemic were created. In writing about art and AIDS activism, the formation of collectives, and the political process, Finkelstein reveals a different side of the traditional HIV/AIDS history, told twenty-five years later, and offers a creative toolbox for those who want to learn how to save lives through activism and making art.
Avram Finkelstein is a founding member of the Silence = Death and Gran Fury collectives. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the New Museum, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.
