IGNORANCE = FEAR, SILENCE = DEATH Fight AIDS ACT UP Poster, 1989
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Artifact Overview
ACT UP is an advocacy group focused on improving AIDS awareness, treatment, prevention, and public policy. Artist Keith Haring was active in LGBTQ rights movements. His dancing figures mimic the "see no / hear no / speak no evil" proverb, referencing the need to grow visibility for the disease. Haring died from AIDS-related complications soon after this poster was created.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Poster
Date Made
1989
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2019.103.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black (Color)
Blue
Red
Yellow (Color)
Pink (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 in
Width: 43 in
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articleSilence = Death: The Early Fight Against the AIDS Epidemic
On what would have been Larry Kramer's 86th birthday, we look at the history of the iconic Silence = Death poster and the pioneering ACT UP organization — the political action group that Kramer catalyzed.