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the art of AIDS
A brief illustrated history of cultural responses to HIV/AIDS
The history of cultural responses to HIV/AIDS in Australia, South Africa and the United States can be classified into five periods. The key features of each period, and information about the work that was produced by artists during these times, can be accessed by clicking on the links below or navigated via the roll-down menu above.
1. 'Deviant', 'Dangerous', 'Deserving' and 'Doomed' (c.1981-87)
2. Art as Activism (c.1987-1994)
3. Challenging Representational Strategies in the Second Decade of the Epidemic
4. Artists Respond to the AIDS Crisis in South Africa
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