General Idea
One Year of AZT
1991
Category:
This work renders in high relief the drug AZT that is prescribed to HIV-positive patients to delay the onset of AIDS. The pills are arranged on the wall in daily, monthly, and yearly dosages, the composition recalling both the calendar and the efficient look of pharmaceutical packaging. The Toronto-based collective General Idea - AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal - created a profound body of work in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis until 1994, when Partz and Zontal were lost to the disease.
Artist
Title
One Year of AZT
Date
1991
Medium
Sculpture
Materials
1825 units of vacuum-formed styrene with vinylDimensions
wall-mounted capsules: 12.7 x 31.7 x 6.3 cm each
Nationality
Canadian
Credit line
Purchased 1995
Accession number
37688.1-1825