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The global AIDS epidemic has delivered one of the most crippling strikes to the world's health care system, and in its wake, artists and designers worldwide have embarked upon a campaign to prevent its spread. A new show, Graphic Intervention: 25 Years of International AIDS Awareness Posters, recently opened at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, showcasing 153 posters that have been created to combat the AIDS crisis over the past 25 years.
Co-curators Elizabeth Resnick and Javier Cortés wanted to showcase the diverse ways that cultures around the world have used graphic design to bring awareness to the disease. From providing basic AIDS education to encouraging people to wear condoms to protesting for equal rights for HIV-positive citizens, each poster strives to accurately convey information, but also to get the attention of its audience, even when addressing some delicate topics like sexuality and death. Here are 12 of the most interesting from around the world, exhibition text and images courtesy of Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Alissa Walker
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Graphic Intervention: 25 Years of International AIDS Awareness Posters features 153 posters created in the past 25 years by artists and designers. Exhibition text and images courtesy Massachusetts College of Art and Design.