IGNORANCE = FEAR, SILENCE = DEATH Fight AIDS ACT UP Poster, 1989
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ACT UP is an advocacy group focused on improving AIDS awareness, treatment, prevention, and public policy. Artist Keith Haring was active in LGBTQ rights movements. His dancing figures mimic the "see no / hear no / speak no evil" proverb, referencing the need to grow visibility for the disease. Haring died from AIDS-related complications soon after this poster was created.
ACT UP is an advocacy group focused on improving AIDS awareness, treatment, prevention, and public policy. Artist Keith Haring was active in LGBTQ rights movements. His dancing figures mimic the "see no / hear no / speak no evil" proverb, referencing the need to grow visibility for the disease. Haring died from AIDS-related complications soon after this poster was created.
Artifact
Poster
Date Made
1989
Keywords
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2019.103.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black (Color)
Blue
Red
Yellow
Pink (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 in
Width: 43 in
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