The Visual Rhetoric of AIDS Activist Collective Gran Fury Propaganda Spread Consciousness:

1981. 335 cases of AIDS have been diagnosed in the United States. 158 people have died. “ Gay Cancer” GRID

1981.

1982. 1,580 cases have been diagnosed. 603 people have died. Drug Users Blood AIDS

1982.

1985. 23,174 cases have been diagnosed in the United States. 12,652 people have died. 51 Countries Quarantine/Tattooing Rock Hudson

1985.

1986. ACT UP: AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power New York Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco Berlin Seattle London Paris Portland Denver Boston Atlanta

1986.

Let the Record Show (1987)

1988 Gran Fury

1988

Gran Fury

1988 - 1989

1995. “ We’ve got to have some common sense about a disease transmitted by people engaging in unnatural acts.” -Senator Jesse Helms New York Times

1995.

This presentation has been based principally on the following primary sources: Crimp, Douglas. AIDS Demographics . Seattle: Bay Press, 1990. Crimp, Douglas. "Gran Fury Talks to Douglas Crimp." Art Forum . April 2003, 70-71, 232, 234. Deitcher, D.. “Gran Fury.” Discourses: Conversations in Postmodern Art and Culture . Cambridge: MIT Press, 1990. Dubin, Steven C.. Arresting Images: Impolitic Art and Uncivil Actions . New York: Routledge,1992. Gran Fury. Good Luck... Miss You, Gran Fury . New York: New Museum, 1995. Human Rights Campaign, HIV/AIDS & HRC: Two Decades of Fighting for Life , 2001. Meyer, R.. “This is to Enrage you: Gran Fury and the Graphics of AIDS Activism.” But is it Art? The Spirt of Art as Activism . Seattle: Bay Press, 1995. 51-83.

This presentation has been based principally on the following primary sources:

Crimp, Douglas. AIDS Demographics . Seattle: Bay Press, 1990.

Crimp, Douglas. "Gran Fury Talks to Douglas Crimp." Art Forum . April 2003, 70-71, 232, 234.

Deitcher, D.. “Gran Fury.” Discourses: Conversations in Postmodern Art and Culture . Cambridge: MIT Press, 1990.

Dubin, Steven C.. Arresting Images: Impolitic Art and Uncivil Actions . New York: Routledge,1992.

Gran Fury. Good Luck... Miss You, Gran Fury . New York: New Museum, 1995.

Human Rights Campaign, HIV/AIDS & HRC: Two Decades of Fighting for Life , 2001.

Meyer, R.. “This is to Enrage you: Gran Fury and the Graphics of AIDS Activism.” But is it Art? The Spirt of Art as Activism . Seattle: Bay Press, 1995. 51-83.

Images of ACT UP and Gran Fury propaganda posters as well as images of activists at work: Crimp, Douglas. AIDS Demographics . Seattle: Bay Press, 1990. Image of Let the Record Show : Image of Gran Fury members at Venice Bienelle: Crimp, Douglas. "Gran Fury Talks to Douglas Crimp." Art Forum . April 2003, 70.

Images of ACT UP and Gran Fury propaganda posters as well as images of activists at work:

Crimp, Douglas. AIDS Demographics . Seattle: Bay Press, 1990.

Image of Let the Record Show :

Image of Gran Fury members at Venice Bienelle:

Crimp, Douglas. "Gran Fury Talks to Douglas Crimp." Art Forum . April 2003, 70.