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02647aam a2200385 i 4500 001 D313AD74B0B711EC872AADB14EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220331010010 008 210818s2022 nyua 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021031572 020 $a 1645036588 020 $a 9781645036586 035 $a (OCoLC)1257292838 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TOH $d ZGX $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 362.19697/92 $2 23 100 1 $a Lowery, Jack $c (Writer), $e author. 245 10 $a It was vulgar and it was beautiful : $b how AIDS activists used art to fight a pandemic / $c Jack Lowery. 246 30 $a How AIDS activists used art to fight a pandemic 250 $a First Edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bold Type Books, $c 2022. 300 $a vii, 422 pages : $b black and white illustrations ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "By the late 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was deeply impacting gay and lesbian communities in America, and disinformation about the disease was running rampant. Out of the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an art collective that called itself Gran Fury was formed, to create graphics and media that campaigned against corporate greed, government inaction, and public indifference to AIDS. In It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful, writer Jack Lowery examines Gran Fury's art and activism, from the iconic images like the SILENCE = DEATH graphic and the Kissing Doesn't Kill poster, to the act of dropping thousands of fake bills onto the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Lowery offers a complex, moving portrait of a group that expressed through art the profound trauma of surviving the AIDS crisis and formed essential solidarities between gays and lesbians in the activist community. Gran Fury and ACT UP's strategies are today employed by a variety of activist groups, including survivors of school shootings, harm reduction organizers, and activists for universal healthcare. Their belief in the power of art to create social change and drive political movements is illuminating in this era when violence and unending structural racism continue to target the most vulnerable"-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a Includes index. 650 0 $a AIDS (Disease) 650 0 $a AIDS activists. 650 0 $a Communication in art. 941 $a 5 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20221012010822.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20220630010737.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20220514010900.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220510011744.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220331010044.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D313AD74B0B711EC872AADB14EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search