Art about AIDS
Author | : Sophie Junge |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2016-11-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783110451528 |
ISBN-13 | : 3110451522 |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Download or read book Art about AIDS written by Sophie Junge and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to being a medical, political, and social crisis, the AIDS epidemic in the United States also led to a crisis of artistic representation. This book reveals the important political and moral role of American photographers in the social discourse on AIDS based on the 1989 New York exhibition, “Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing” curated by photographer Nan Goldin.