Kissing Doesn't Kill. Greed and Indifference Do.

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Title
Kissing Doesn't Kill. Greed and Indifference Do. See all items with this value
Description
Landscape format poster printed in colours. The head and shoulders of three couples: a man and a woman; a man and a man; and a woman and a woman, of various races, kissing. Captioned above, in blue with title, and below in white lettering on a blue strip- reading: Corporate Greed, Government Inaction And Public Indifference Make AIDS A Political Crisis.

Gran Fury, a collective of artists and designers dedicated to promoting AIDS/HIV awareness, produced many inventive and thought-provoking posters. AIDS activists had used the strategy of the 'Kiss-In' - large public demonstrations of affection by gay and straight people - to undermine complacency and conservative commentators alike. This 1989 advertisement, designed for display on public transport in New York City and San Francisco, ridicules small-mindedness as well as reminding the authorities of their responsibilities in combating AIDS. See all items with this value
Creator
Gran Fury (Artists' collective)
Gran Fury
Date Created
1989 See all items with this value
Subject
AIDS (Disease) and art See all items with this value
Public health See all items with this value
LGBTQ+ See all items with this value
Women See all items with this value
Men See all items with this value
Homosexuality See all items with this value
Homosexuality in art See all items with this value
political art See all items with this value
Format
Posters See all items with this value
political posters See all items with this value
Advertising, Political See all items with this value
offset lithography See all items with this value
observed dimension
Sheet height: 293mm
Sheet width: 941mm
Identifier
2023.BC03.05 See all items with this value
Coverage
New York
United States
Publisher
ACT UP
Victoria and Albert Museum
Provenance
Given by Shaun Cole. Reproduced courtesy of Gran Fury/Avram Finkelstein
Rights
© Victoria and Albert Museum
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Kissing Doesn't Kill. Greed and Indifference Do.

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Untitled (for ACT UP) Image

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