Today, the chART squad travels back in time to one of the most tragic chapters in recenthistory. The HIV/AIDS epidemic that has swept through the globe ever since the mid-20 thcentury has been the cause of millions of deaths, and many of which were artists that had toinevitably reflect on it. From raw photographed and painted effigies of the macabre toll that thevirus takes on a human being to upbeat and sarcastic artworks that stand as a brave challenge todeath itself. Out of the many works centered on HIV/AIDS, we have selected two to discuss inthis episode: Peter Hujar’s Orgasmic Man (1969) and Robert Mapplethorpe’s Self Portrait(1988). Want to know more about how these artists tackled the subject of the virus thateventually ended their lives? Then tune in.

 

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