A compelling report NPR about Gran Fury, an art collective that took direct action with homemade propaganda during the AIDS crisis.
In the 1980s, the AIDS pandemic primarily affected LGBTQ+, drug users, and communities of color in America. Gran Fury, emerging from the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), focused on combating corporate interests, government indifference, stigma, and public apathy.
In this work, Jack Lowery analyzes Gran Fury's influential artworks such as the "Kissing Doesn't Kill" poster and their actions, including distributing counterfeit banknotes on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He paints a powerful picture of a collective that offered solidarity and whose members experienced the heavy impact of the crisis.
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