Art about AIDS : Nan Goldin's exhibition Witnesses : against our vanishing

Art about AIDS : Nan Goldin's exhibition Witnesses : against our vanishing / Sophie Junge ; translated by Laura Radosh.

In addition to being a medical, political, and social crisis, the AIDS epidemic in the United States also led to a crisis of artistic representation. This book reveals the important political and moral role of American photographers in the social discourse on AIDS based on the 1989 New York exhibiti...

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Main Author: Junge, Sophie (Author)
Other Authors: Radosh, Laura (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2016]
Subjects:
Goldin, Nan, > 1953- > Exhibitions.
Goldin, Nan, > 1953-
Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing
AIDS (Disease) and art.
AIDS (Disease) in art.
AIDS (Disease)
Art.
Exhibitions.
works of art.
fine arts (discipline)
exhibitions (events)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Exhibitions
Art
AIDS (Disease) and art
AIDS (Disease) in art
Exhibition catalogs
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:In addition to being a medical, political, and social crisis, the AIDS epidemic in the United States also led to a crisis of artistic representation. This book reveals the important political and moral role of American photographers in the social discourse on AIDS based on the 1989 New York exhibition, 'Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing' curated by photographer Nan Goldin.
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783110453072
311045307X
9783110453089
3110453088
3110451506
9783110451504
3110451522
9783110451528
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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