Living with HIV/AIDS: 22 works from gay artists
What's it like to have HIV/AIDS? Activists around the world raised awareness about the disease on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day - but only patients themselves can truly express what it's like to live with the disease. The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art is currently hosting an exhibit, "Art & AIDS: 30 years," in collaboration with Gay Mens' Health Crisis. The collection features work from weekly therapeutic classes at GMHC.
Keep clicking to see some of the striking pieces, including this oil painting, "Mike with Skull," by George Towne...
"Me with Ken, June 1996"
Artist: Eric Rhein
"Pride & Gloom"
Artist: Davide Laffe
"Is today the day that I will die?"
Artist: Luis Mario Tavales
Untitled
Artist: David Livingston
"Metal Buddha"
Artist: Robert Desbiens
"Saint Sebastian"
Artist: Carmine Santaniello
"Black, Red & White"
Artist: Clecio Lira
''Peter Staley Silence=Death''
Artist: George Towne
"Black, Red & White"
Artist: Clecio Lira
"Drowning and Surviving"
Artist: Davide Laffe
"Living with AIDS Stigma"
Artist: Osvaldo Perdomo
"David in Bondage"
Artist: Brian Crede
"Spiritual Light"
Artist: Elton Tucker
"Tribal"
Artist: Carmine Santaniello
"Heaven"
Artist: Darrell Jones
"Massive Hunk Blue Green"
Artist: Shungaboy
"Girl with Rainbow Mohhawk"
Artist: Luis Mario Tavales
"Tower I-20"
Artist: Freddy Borges
"Body Parts Male"
Artist: Fred Q.
"The Tragedy"
Artist: Loreen Bryant
"Supple Buttocks"
Artist: Shungaboy