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Fight back

Poster
ca. 1992 (designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Buckley, Declan (designer)
Williams, Hywel (photographer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (designed and printed)

AIDS awareness poster composed of a black and white photographic image of a man boxing, with 'Fuck Safe' written across his fingers. Lettering is in red and white. The model is the artist Roelof Bakker.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Health
Posters
Gender and Sexuality
LGBTQ
Object type
Poster
TitleFight back (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset Lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Fight Back', poster for Gay Men Fighting AIDS (GMFA) showing a boxer. Great Britain, ca. 1992.
Physical description
AIDS awareness poster composed of a black and white photographic image of a man boxing, with 'Fuck Safe' written across his fingers. Lettering is in red and white. The model is the artist Roelof Bakker.
Dimensions
  • Height: 59.5cm
  • Width: 42cm
Marks and inscriptions
fight back FUCK SAFE condoms are crucial, use 'em with lube Gay Men Fighting AIDS 071 738 6872 GMFA
Gallery label
(11/09/2017)
Gay Men Fighting AIDS was formed in 1992, in response to the AIDS crisis. The group’s aims were to challenge the stigma of the illness, to campaign for more resources for treatment and support, and to encourage safe sex as part of HIV prevention. Their proactive stance is expressed here by a boxer, his fingers tattooed with the words ‘FUCK SAFE’.
Credit line
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Subjects depicted
AIDS
Safe Sex
Homosexual
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.948-2002

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Record createdMay 12, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O231491/fight-back-poster-buckley-declan/
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