All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Printed on 100 cotton watercolour textured paper, Art Prints would be at home in any gallery. Break out your top hats and monocles it’s about to classy in here. They chose red for its boldness, and for its symbolic associations with passion, the heart and love. High quality Homoerotic inspired Art Prints by independent artists and designers from around the world. They avoided traditional colours associated with the gay community, such as pink and rainbow stripes, because they wanted to convey that HIV was relevant to everyone. Additionally, they decided that the elegant loop of the ribbon shape was easy to make and replicate. They took inspiration from the yellow ribbons tied on trees to show support for the US military fighting in the Gulf War. The artists wanted to create a visual expression of compassion for people living with HIV. It was there that they came up with what would become one of the most recognised symbols of the decade: the red ribbon, worn to signify awareness and support for people living with HIV.Īt the time, HIV was highly stigmatised, and the suffering of communities living with HIV remained largely hidden. ![]() They had met to discuss a new project for Visual AIDS, a New York HIV-awareness arts organisation. In 1991, a decade after the emergence of HIV, twelve artists gathered in a gallery in New York’s East Village.
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