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Re/Presenting HIV/AIDS + International AIDS Posters
Van Every Gallery
On View: August 25, 2014— October 05, 2014
Opening Reception: September 4, 2014, 6:00 pm— 8:00 pm
A short gallery talk with artists Shan Kelley, Robert Sherer, and Jessica Whitbread, as well as Nelson Santos of Visual AIDS. Van Every Gallery, Belk Visual Arts Center.
Related Programs & Events
Lecture: Nelson Santos
September 3, 2014, 7:00 pm—8:30 pm
Nelson Santos, Executive Director of Visual AIDS, will give a public lecture on curating the art of HIV/AIDS.
Film Screening: How to Survive a Plague
September 10, 2014, 7:00 pm—9:00 pm
A documentary about the history of ACT UP.
Free HIV Screening
September 17, 2014, 12:00 pm—3:00 pm
Sponsored by Mecklenburg County Health Department
Theatre Performance: Let's Talk About Sex, Baby!
September 20, 2014, 7:00 pm—9:00 pm
A devised theatre piece with Davidson College students under the direction of Joan Lipkin, Bacca Artist-in-Residence.
Lecture: Dr. Sallie Permar '97
September 24, 2014, 7:00 pm—8:30 pm
Dr. Sallie Permar ’97, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Immunology, and Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University Medical Center, will give a public lecture about her research on mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Film Screening: The Other City
October 1, 2014, 7:00 pm—9:00 pm
A documentary about the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C.
Co-curated by Ann M. Fox (Professor of English), David R. Wessner (Professor of Biology), Lia Newman (Gallery Director/Curator), and Rosemary Gardner (Gallery Assistant Curator), the works of art in Re/Presenting HIV/AIDS examine the visual representations of HIV/AIDS from science and art perspectives. The exhibition features 12 artists and a variety of media. Artists: Robert Farber, Keith Haring, Mike Hoolboom, Shan Kelley, Andrew McPhail, Frank Moore, Robert Sherer, Laura Splan, Carl Tandatnick, Frederick Weston, Jessica Whitbread, and Albert J. Winn.
The Smith Gallery features a continuation of Re/Presenting HIV/AIDS with a selection of HIV/AIDS related posters on loan from the The Wolfsonian – Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, Gift of Henry S. Hacker & Family.
The exhibition, programming, and publication were generously supported by the Herb Jackson and Laura Grosch Gallery Endowment, Davidson College Innovation Grant, Friends of the Arts, Public Lecture Committee, Biology Department, English Department, Gender Studies, The Health Education Center, Medical Humanities, Communication Studies, and the McColl Center for Art + Innovation.
View the exhibition catalog below.
Additional exhibition documentation:
REVEAL DIGITAL: Representations of HIV/AIDS: Exhibition Synopsis
