Image Not Available

General Idea: The AIDS Project

Date1989

Artist General Idea Canadian, 1969 - 1994

Mediumoffset print

Dimensions2020-026.a: 27.3 x 20.4 cm
2020-026.b: 27.5 x 20.3 cm
2020-026.c: 27.3 x 20.5 cm

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineGift of Fern Bayer.

Object number2020-026.a-.c

DescriptionThis object consists of three elements: 7 pages offset prints staple-bound; a catalogue with an essay by Alan Schwartzman, and an issue of C magazine (no.22, June 1989).

Catalogue: Light blue staple-bound cover, the upper cover featuring a central image of General Idea's iconic "AIDS" work. The bold, serif, capital font is the same light blue hue as the rest of the cover, the squared-off background is a darker blue. The lower cover provides a short biography of The Gershon Iskowitz Foundation and its publishing of the AIDS project.

Print series: offset print on paper, 7 pp., colour reproduction. Light blue staple-bound cover, the upper cover featuring a central image of General Idea's iconic "AIDS" work. The bold, serif, capital font is the same light blue hue as the rest of the cover, the squared-off background is a darker blue. The bound pages are the same colour as the cover, each with a central image of a variant of General Idea's iconic "AIDS" print. The lower cover provides a short biography of The Gershon Iskowitz Foundation and its publishing of the AIDS project.

C Magazine: Issue no.22 from June 1989. The upper cover features an abstract work of art with red, blue, grey, brown, black, and ivory hues. There is a large logo on the top left of the cover overlaying a vertical strip of brown. The word "IZLam" is embossed on the top center, and issue information is provided along the bottom left and center. Inside are prints of General Idea's "AIDS" project, each with different font and background colours. The lower cover contains an advertisement for the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, which features "Legs" (1986) by Louise Bourgeois.

Collections