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Boxes with Ribbons

Artist/Maker (Cuban, b. 1957)
Date1993
MediumColored pencil and graphite on paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (24.1 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clayton C. Kirking and Edward J. Sullivan
Object number2015.56.3
Status
On view
Copyright© Estate of Rodolfo MoralesMore Information
Pujol is a queer artist at the forefront of AIDS activism, assisting non-profit organizations in addressing HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and Latin America. While the artist discourages a straightforward reading of the work, these coffin-like boxes evoke both wrapped gifts and mass death.
Exhibition History
The Body, The Host: HIV / AIDS and Christianity
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 20, 2024 - December 15, 2024 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
  • On View
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