Salomé's 1988 painting Reflexion/Reaktion II

Item Overview

Title

Salomé's 1988 painting Reflexion/Reaktion II

Place of Origin

[Germany]

Publisher

Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

Language

English

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

Poster reproduces the painting Reflexion/Reaktion II created by Salomé 1988 after his friend died from AIDS. The painting shows four bald men in different colored shirts and blue pants standing around a fifth man, who is naked and seated. One of the standing men is counseling the seated man, the others are thinking and reacting.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item GW173.
Date on back of poster, 2004, reflects when the vendor received the copy later acquired by the UCLA Library.

Physical Description

Dimensions

61 x 86 cm. (24 x 34 in.)

Condition note

Additional text: Verzweiflung und Schweigen helfen nicht. Wir wollen kein Mitleid, sondern Unterstützung und Hilfe, wenn wir sie brauchen. Solidarität ist gefragt, nicht nur in Krisensituationen.

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

Germany

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Solidarity
Social networks
AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Family relationships
Grief
Compassion
Men
Care of persons
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome