Uncomfortable, wistfully beautiful, and vitally important, the exhibit "Art AIDS America" deals with the subjects we shy away from: sex, politics, and religion. "This exhibition underscores how powerfully a plague that is still with us has changed us,” says Jonathan D. Katz, cocurator of the exhibit, opening October 3 at the Tacoma Art Museum.
ACT UP NY/Gran Fury, Active New York City, 1987–1995
Let the Record Show…, 1987/re-created 2015
Mixed media, window installation
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of Gran Fury and the New Museum, New York, William Olander Memorial Fund
John Arsenault, Born Haverhill, Mass., 1971
Adrian Gilliland, Born Douglas, Ariz., 1980
Eden #31, 2012
Chromogenic color print
32 x 52 1/2 inches
Courtesy of the artists 
Catherine Opie, Born Sandusky, Ohio, 1961
Ron Athey/The Sick Man (from Deliverance), 2000
Polaroid
110 x 41 inches
Private collection
Thomas Haukaas, Born San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1950
Tribal affiliation: Sicangu Lakota
More Time Expected, 2002
Hand-made ink and pencil on antique ledger paper
16 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
Tacoma Art Museum, Gift of Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom
in honor of Rock Hushka, 2008.10
Tino Rodriguez, Born Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, 1965
Eternal Lovers, 2010
Oil on wood
18 x 24 inches
Private collection
Shimon Attie, Born Los Angeles, 1957
Untitled Memory (Projection of Axel H.), 1998
Ektacolor photograph
Edition 1 of 3
32 x 38 3/4 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Andres Serrano, Born New York City, 1950
Blood and Semen III, 1990
Chromogenic color print
Edition 1 of 4
40 x 60 inches
Courtesy of the artist
David Wojnarowicz, Born Red Bank, N.J., 1954
Died New York City, 1992
Untitled (Buffalo), 1988–89
Vintage gelatin silver print, signed on verso
27 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches
Private collection
Albert J. Winn, Born Chester, Pa., 1947
Died Los Angeles, 2014
Akedah, 1995
Gelatin silver print
17 ½ x 21 ¾ inches
Courtesy of Scott R. Portnoff
Niki de Saint Phalle, Born Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 1930
Died California, 2002
AIDS, you can’t catch it holding hands, 1987
Book, 52 pages
10 x 8 inches
The Lapis Press, San Francisco
Julie Tolentino, Born San Francisco, 1964
THE SKY REMAINS THE SAME: Tolentino Archives Ron Athey’s
Self-Obliteration #1, 2008
Chromogenic color print
Edition 1 of 5
17 x 11 inches
Documentation courtesy of Leon Mostovoy
Courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles
Kia Labeija, Born New York City, 1990
24, 2014
Inkjet prints
13 x 19 inches, each
Courtesy of the artist
Keith Haring, Born Reading, Pa., 1958
Died New York City, 1990
From the series Apocalypse, 1988
Silkscreen
Edition of 90
38 x 38 inches
Courtesy of the Keith Haring Foundation
Deborah Kass, Born San Antonio, Texas, 1952
Still Here, 2007
Oil and acrylic on canvas
45 x 63 inches
Private collection
Alon Reininger, Born Tel Aviv, Israel, 1947
Ken Meeks, PWA, 1985
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 inches
Courtesy of Contact Press Images, New York
Joey Terrill, Born Los Angeles, 1955
Still-Life With Forget-Me-Nots and One Week’s Dose of Truvada, 2012
Mixed media on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art,
Foundation purchase
Kalup Linzy, Born Stuckey, Fla., 1977
Lollypop, 2006
Single-channel video
3 minutes, 24 seconds
Collection of Driek and Michael Zirinsky
Robert Sherer, Born Jasper, Ala., 1957
Sweet Williams, 2013
HIV- and HIV+ blood on paper
24 x 18 inches (framed)
Courtesy of the artist
Fierce Pussy, Formed New York City, 1991
For the Record, 2013
Two offset prints on newsprint
Two panels, installed: 22 5/8 x 70 inches
Courtesy of the artists
