White Columns
320 W 13th St
212.924.4212
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Photo: Gran Fury
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Opens Wednesday Sep 8, 2010 (6–8pm)
Sep 9, 2010 – Oct 23, 2010
Tuesdays–Saturdays (noon–6pm)
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“The activist movement in the '70s, which served as a catalyst for gay men and women to protest repression and other forms of discrimination, was transformed by the AIDS epidemic that hit the gay community in the next decade. For many artists, this meant taking their message to the streets through direct action and art installation. One group in the movement was Fierce Pussy, a collective of queer women whose lo-tech endeavors — wheat-paste posters, stencils, and crack-and-peel stickers — could be seen around the streets of New York. The collective Gran Fury created campaigns like one involving an image of three interracial homosexual and heterosexual couples kissing over a caption, "Kissing Doesn't Kill: Greed and Indifference Do." The message though dated is irrefutably timeless. Revisit the movement through this exhibition.”
Rozalia Jovanovic, Flavorpill
White Columns is proud to present ACT UP New York: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, 1987–1993; a multi-faceted exhibition incorporating the ACT UP ORAL HISTORY PROJECT; and a new installation by Fierce Pussy. “The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was pivotal for AIDS activism in New York City in the late 1980s. Tracing the history of the movement, this exhibition examines the printed graphics and other visual media created by artist collectives that populated it, including Gran Fury, Silence = Death Project, Gang, DIVA TV, and fierce pussy.”
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