Kissing Doesn't Kill. Greed and Indifference Do.
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
USA, USA (published)
- Date:
1989 (published)
- Artist/Maker:
Gran Fury (designer)
ACT UP (publisher) - Materials and Techniques:
Colour offset lithograph
- Credit Line:
Given by Shaun Cole. Reproduced courtesy of Gran Fury/Avram Finkelstein
- Museum number:
E.472-1993
- Gallery location:
National Art Library, room 76, case 23
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.
