For the comparative visual analysis of 1980s artwork assignment, I decided to investigate Gran Fury’s “Silence = Death” and “Women Don’t Get AIDS” looking at art and theatre’s social and political activism and its impact on society. The 1980s were very critical for the AIDS epidemic and there were constantly new discoveries. However, thousands of people were dying due to the lack of accurate information being presented to the public and the slow development of medicine was detrimental to finding effective treatments. This artist strongly shows the importance of AIDS as both social and political issues in his artwork. Both “Silence=Death” and “Women Don’t Get AIDS” focus on the lack of awareness and common misconceptions of the disease. The
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Anderson believes that the show was also propaganda, as the advertisements for the show were seen everywhere and “served a blatantly political purpose, reaching an audience well beyond that seated before the stage.” Broadway is a perfect example of the progress of social and political issues involving AIDS. Productions were able to advertise, educate, and empower audiences, which allowed people to understand the complexity of the …show more content…
The poster has a color scheme of purple, gold, black, and white with female Miss America contestants in the background. The texts reads “Women’ Don’t Get AIDS…They Just Die From It” and there are statistics in the center of the poster to raise awareness of health care availability and policies for women with the disease. Fury makes it public knowledge that health care companies’ definition of AIDS is very specific and focused on gay men. However, women can also contract the disease, but due to company definitions of AIDS, they are unable to receive necessary treatment and die. Purple and gold tied together are seen as an extravagant pairing, which is why there is a picture of Miss America contestants. The poster shows the idea of women being in the spotlight and healthy, however the gold texts brings horrifying information that is not common knowledge. Purple generally symbolize elitism and power, whereas gold is a loud color, that calls for immediate
Anderson believes that the show was also propaganda, as the advertisements for the show were seen everywhere and “served a blatantly political purpose, reaching an audience well beyond that seated before the stage.” Broadway is a perfect example of the progress of social and political issues involving AIDS. Productions were able to advertise, educate, and empower audiences, which allowed people to understand the complexity of the …show more content…
The poster has a color scheme of purple, gold, black, and white with female Miss America contestants in the background. The texts reads “Women’ Don’t Get AIDS…They Just Die From It” and there are statistics in the center of the poster to raise awareness of health care availability and policies for women with the disease. Fury makes it public knowledge that health care companies’ definition of AIDS is very specific and focused on gay men. However, women can also contract the disease, but due to company definitions of AIDS, they are unable to receive necessary treatment and die. Purple and gold tied together are seen as an extravagant pairing, which is why there is a picture of Miss America contestants. The poster shows the idea of women being in the spotlight and healthy, however the gold texts brings horrifying information that is not common knowledge. Purple generally symbolize elitism and power, whereas gold is a loud color, that calls for immediate