Remembering our dearly departed, on World Aids Day.

Image from Smoking Lily.

Happy December 1st, folks – which, of course, happens to be World Aids Day.

In memoriam: a short roster of artists lost to the scourge.

R.I.P.

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Félix González-Torres (d. 9.1.1996).

Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), 1991

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David Wojnarowicz (d. 22.7.1992).

Arthur Rimbaud in New York (Times Square), 1978

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Keith Haring (d. 16.2.1990).

Mural in the (converted) bathroom at the New York LGBT Community Centre, 1989. (Thanks to regular reader Marc!)

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Scott Burton (d. 29.12.1989).

Bench and Table, 1988 – 89

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Robert Mapplethorpe (d. 9.3.1989).

Self-Portrait with Bullwhip, 1978

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Jack Smith (d. 25.9.1989).

Flaming Creatures, 1963

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Tseng Kwong Chi (d. 10.3.1990).

New York, New York (WTC) from the East Meets West series, 1979

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Peter Hujar (d. 26.11.1987 )

David Wojnarowicz, 1981

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“Mark and Flappers”, Carol Jerrems

Its almost three in the a.m. and I’m still lucid, lying in bed waiting for the next signal to make a mad dash for the bathroom.

Image of the night: Australian photog Carol Jerrems’ Mark and Flappers, a picture of two sharpie boys from 1975, currently in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.

I love the simmering homoeroticism of the scene … unsurprisingly.