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Description
Shows a nude man floating in front of a triptych of stars, a moon, and a cloud with an angel. Below him is an assortment of items associated with gay culture (a book of Robert Mapplethorpe's photography, a Freddie Mercury album, a Keith Haring painting) as well as holiday decor and wrapped presents. The poster may represent the gifts of gay culture to the mainstream and argue against thinking of the gay community as separate and the only part of society that has to deal with AIDS. It also suggests the decimation of the gay community by AIDS, as represented by the three artists, each of whom died of AIDS. Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item SZ009.
Type
image
Identifier
SZ009 ark:/21198/zz0002kv1c
Language
Italian
Subject
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome AIDS (Disease)--Switzerland Homosexuality, Male Haring, Keith Marginality, Social Mapplethorpe, Robert Gay culture Men Mercury, Freddie
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