Art historian Gregory Salter considers Freud’s paintings of queer and marginalized bodies in the age of Section 28, the early years of HIV/AIDS, and preoccupations about class and gender.
Art in the AIDS era
Having the young Wojnarowicz’s face disseminated as a visible queer child was a potent political symbol.
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (One Day This Kid ...
Pepón Osorio's installation illuminates the experience of a father and son separated by incarceration.
Pepón Osorio, Badge of Honor
An artist asks: war or healthcare?
Sue Coe, Aids won’t wait, the enemy ...
Teraoka draws on Japan's brilliant history of art and kabuki theatre to creating beauty from heart-rending tragedy.
Masami Teraoka, American Kabuki
Haring’s subway drawings were born from his desire to create art that was accessible for everyone.
Keith Haring, Subway Drawings
Basquiat appropriated wildly—and creatively—from Old Masters, Picasso, anatomical textbooks, and even jazz.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Horn Players
Osorio’s art explores the experience of being Latin American in New York City.
Pepón Osorio, En la barberia no se ...
Gonzalez-Torres evokes absent bodies in his works, which bring gay identity and the AIDS crisis into public view.
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