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Aids Wallpaper

General Idea, 1990
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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.

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Title

Aids Wallpaper

Artist

General Idea
Felix Patz (1945 - 1994)
Jorge Zontal (Parma 1944 - 1994 Toronto)
AA Bronson (Toronto 1946)

Dating

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)

Remarks

gezamenlijke aankoop met Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Documentation

  • Centraal Museum Utrecht [topstukken; 2020], Voorw. Bart Rutten, Marco Grob, Jacqueline Rutten (prod.), Hans Schopping, Sheila Stafleu, Lotte Bont, Thomas de Bruin (red.), (Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt, 29, 3, najaar 2019), p. 110, p. 111 afb. in kleur

Exhibitions

  • Bye Bye De Stijl, Centraal Museum

Persistent url

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.831BC66F-A098-468A-8CBD-34FAC7B96413

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