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Screen prints

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  • Red and yellow hearts representing AIDS and love. Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
  • A man with a scimitar, and a bleeding heart; representing the blood donation service run in Cuba by the Comité de Defensa de la Revolución. Colour silk screen print by S. Goire Castilla, 1987.
  • The head of an ostrich, a bird that is known to bury its head in the ground; representing those who ignore AIDS. Colour silk screen print after M. Negro, 1993.
  • A squared background across which is written the words "Aujourd'hui, demain, après demain ... après"; representing the future despite the impact of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after P. Corillon, 1993.
  • A blind-folded man dressed in black stands in the corner of a room open to the sky; he looks down at a white skull, representing ignorance of the lethal effects of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Moebius, 1993.
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    A skull with eyes formed of the male and female symbols, representing sterility attributed to sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).

    | Date: [between 1960 and 1969?] | Reference: 2863750i
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    A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.

    François, André, 1915-2005. | Date: [1993] | Reference: 672816i
    Part of: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA
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    Black forms with a white centre representing an advertisement for an exhibition of AIDS posters by Artis. Silk screen print after C. Wool, 1993.

    Wool, Christopher. | Date: [1993] | Reference: 672797i
    Part of: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA
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    A dart board on which a white man and and an African blame each other for AIDS. Colour silk screen print, 1993, after Chéri Samba, 1990.

    Samba, Chéri, 1956- | Date: 1993 | Reference: 672778i
    Part of: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA
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    The word 'vie' (life) changed to 'vih' (HIV) over a smiling skull-like face representing the loss of life due to AIDS. Colour silk screen print after W. Jeker, 1993.

    Jeker, Werner. | Date: [1993] | Reference: 672799i
    Part of: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA
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