Aids Wallpaper

Aids Wallpaper

<SPAN lang=EN-GB> <P dir=ltr align=left>General Idea was a Canadian collective comprising Felix Partz (1945-1994), Jorge Zontal (1944-1994) and AA Bronson (1946). It was founded in the late 1960s when the mass media was becoming increasingly influential and was blurring the line between the authentic art object and the reproduction. The collective employed subversive strategies. From 1986 the group focussed on highlighting issues around the AIDS epidemic. For example, they adapted Robert Indiana’s famous ‘LOVE’ symbol to create an ‘AIDS’ logo. In this installation, De Stijl functions as a cry for help. The primary colour yellow in Mondrian’s and Rietveld’s famous works is infected by the virus, making it green. The three chairs represent the members of General Idea, two of whom died from AIDS-related illnesses. </P></SPAN>

General Idea was a Canadian collective comprising Felix Partz (1945-1994), Jorge Zontal (1944-1994) and AA Bronson (1946). It was founded in the late 1960s when the mass media was becoming increasingly influential and was blurring the line between the authentic art object and the reproduction. The collective employed subversive strategies. From 1986 the group focussed on highlighting issues around the AIDS epidemic. For example, they adapted Robert Indiana’s famous ‘LOVE’ symbol to create an ‘AIDS’ logo. In this installation, De Stijl functions as a cry for help. The primary colour yellow in Mondrian’s and Rietveld’s famous works is infected by the virus, making it green. The three chairs represent the members of General Idea, two of whom died from AIDS-related illnesses.

This object is now not on display in the museum

Title

Aids Wallpaper

Artist

General Idea

Felix Partz ( 1945 - 1994 )

Jorge Zontal (Parma 1944 - 1994 Toronto)

AA Bronson (Toronto 1946)

Dating

1990 - 1990

Material and technique

zeefdruk behang

Object number

34852

Object type

installatie, behang

Acquisition

aankoop met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt 2018 (gezamenlijke aankoop met Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam)

Dimensions

Inscriptions and markings

    Remarks

    gezamenlijke aankoop met Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

    Documentation

    • Besmet met het image virus, Bart Rutten, Jan Willem Sieburgh, (Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt, 29, 3, najaar 2019), pp. 34-37, pp. 34-37, met afb. in kleur

    • Centraal Museum Utrecht [topstukken; 2020], Voorw. Bart Rutten, Marco Grob, Jacqueline Rutten (prod.), Hans Schopping, Sheila Stafleu, Lotte Bont, Thomas de Bruin (red.), (Utrecht, 2020), p. 110, p. 111 afb. in kleur

    Exhibitions

    • Bye Bye De Stijl, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2017 - 2018

    Persistent url

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    https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.831BC66F-A098-468A-8CBD-34FAC7B96413

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