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Youth

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  • A woman lies back on a sofa holding a telephone as a man leans over with thoughts of condoms and lubricant looming in a speech bubble overhead; another woman sits on her knees in the centre exclaiming 'AIDS?' while a couple sit on the end, dreaming of pregnancy; an advertisement for safe sex and AIDS prevention by the Center for Youth Sexual Health and Contraception. Colour lithograph by Eulàlia Sayrach, 1993.
  • A group of youths sit on the ground before a female teacher who writes the words 'AIDS' on a blackboard before them; an advertisement about the importance of teaching about AIDS by INSA International Services Assocation in India sponsored by Levi Strauss. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Right profile of a boy exemplifying ancient Greek male beauty. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • A young black couple with their arms linked and a warning about the dangers of getting high and getting AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1993.
  • Two young men, one standing the other sitting beside a blank hording for a poster; they explain why they won't give AIDS a chance; an advertisement about AIDS and youths by Federal Agency for Clear Health, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women and Health. Colour lithograph, 1988.
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Catalogue

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    Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.

    | Date: 1794? | Reference: 30146i
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    Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

    Boilard, active approximately 1720. | Reference: 20262i
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    Two young Africans read from a white sheet of paper representing an advertisement for 'Rap it out', a Youth v AIDS project organised by HND Students of Southampton Institute in Nairobi, Kenya. Colour lithograph by Nick Hunt, ca. 1990's.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 678656i
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    A red heart broken in two with two speech bubbles: "l'amour?" and "Parlons-en!" with scattered fragments of random images below including a mouth and a man holding a gun; a reminder for the young to talk about love [to prevent the spread of AIDS] by the Office Municipal de la Jeunesse Aubervilliers. Colour lithograph, 1993.

    | Date: 1993 | Reference: 672431i
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    Youth work in England : extracts from Ministry of Education and other publications relating to statutory and voluntary youth work in England / University of Bristol, Institute of Education ; compiled by P. H. K. Kuenstler.

    | Date: 1954
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