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  • Positive and negative paintings of children hugging each other, referring to children who are HIV positive or negative. Colour silk screen print after M. Dumas, 1993.
  • Two black silhouette heads touch but are divided by a red question mark; from afar, the image resembles a black suit on a red hanger; representing uncertainty about AIDS. Colour silk screen print after J.-C. Blais, 1993.
  • A man sits back wearing an open dressing gown and white shorts with a woman behind; he holds a packet of condoms bearing the lettering: 'Birds'n bees ...'; an advertisement for an exhibition of AIDS posters. Colour silk screen print after R. Scholte, 1993.
  • Instructions on the mounting of an exhibition of AIDS posters by ARTIS. Lithograph by Philippe Délis et associés and René Arch.
  • Three naked men jostle with their arms with the message in French and English: "Happy to be gay"; an advertisement for an exhibition of AIDS posters by Artis. Colour silk screen print after Martin Kippenberger, 1993.
  • A rhinoceros with a phallic-like horn and an elongated condom with the message in French: "What distinguishes humans from animals is (it is said) intelligence"; a statement about AIDS. Colour silk screen print after A. Le Quernec, 1993.
  • The message "We shall overcome" in white on black; referring to AIDS. Silk screen print after Ben Vautier, 1993.
  • A man pulling a condom over his head with the message "Don't put the condom on your head"; referring to protection from AIDS through intelligent precations. Colour silk screen print after R.Topor, 1993.
  • The revelation of St John: an angel descending from the sun brandishing a sword for punishment of the sinful; an allegory of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Peret, 1993.
  • A personified condom with a large speech bubble containing messages, interspersed with hearts, based on the idea that love is the solution to AIDS; surrounded by blue graphic symbols of Adam and Eve. Colour silk screen print after R. Combas, 1993.
  • Eyes and mouth of a disjointed face; representing fear of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after M. Quarez, 1993.
  • A four-sided leaflet in Spanish and English comprising description and instructions on the mounting of an exhibition of AIDS posters by ARTIS. Colour lithograph.
  • A worn teddy bear labelled in French 'I have nothing to lose, I am already dead'; representing child AIDS-patients (?). Silk screen print after C. Lévêque, 1993.
  • Four views of the head of a man surrounded by the words 'me, you, him, us' in spanish and the letters 'SIDA' in each corner; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Jaume Plensa and Lluis Bover, ca. 1994.
  • A variety of 6 condoms arranged horizontally in the guise of rockets with a border of lettering incorporating the repeated words '6 proposicións' [6 propositions; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Elvis López, [1995].
  • A queen chess piece next to a condom on a chess board with the diagonal statement in Spanish 'Queen takes control'; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ana Busto/Caterina Borelli, ca. 1994.
  • A phone receiver [?] in the form of a creature with tails as antennae, and a body comprising an egg box opened to reveal 6 red eggs as the telephone digits [?]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Raúl, ca. 1995.
  • A green heart being hoisted up in a red parachute with the teat-like end similar to that of a condom and the words 'Salva Vidas [saves lives]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Xavier Bermúdez/Lechner, [1995].
  • White linen embroidered with a flower and the initials 'SC' with a letterpress narrative describing its role in protecting the artist from AIDS. Colour silk screen print after S. Calle, 1993.
  • The word '¡Acuerdate!' ("Remember!") in the palm of an opened hand; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Fernando Gutiérrez and Salvador Fresneda, ca. 1994.
  • A stippled impression of a woman pulling away from a man on a bed pulling her skirt up; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Eugenio Dittborn, ca. 1995.
  • A multi-horned ram holding a staff and flag within a red planet with an orange glow at the centre of a starry universe; a red drawn multi-headed fire-breathing winged serpent and personified half-moon in the lower half of the image, yellow drawn knights on horseback coming to the rescue and a glowing sun in the upper half; an astronaut hovers at the right side of the planet while an angel flies at the left; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Nelson Garrido, ca. 1994/5.
  • A black and white photo of a deflated naked female mannequin strewn in the sand with legs askew and mouth wide open [like the shape of a condom] with the words 'Libre de HIV' [free of HIV]; ; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Kuki Benski, [1995].
  • A two-dimensional female figure/nurse made of mixed media holding a limp horizontal figure made of a tube of zinc white paint with arms on a textile background bearing the letters 'SIDA' in each corner; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph [by Eduardo Ponjuán and René Francisco], ca. 1995.
  • A purple heart within an upside-down heart that could also resemble a man's genitals; the heart is pierced by a black spike coming in from the right spilling blood-like fluid; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ouka Lele, ca. 1995.
  • A multi-coloured graphic figure behind the green outline of a palm tree; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Mariscal, 1994.
  • A cross incorporating a montage of pink heart muscles, pink triangles, crossed red and green squares, the AIDS red ribbon on a stamp, flowers, a hand and a version of the American flag; on a background coloured in green crayon incorporating a montage of photographs including Christ's head of thorns and a hand injecting a syringe into an arm; on a further black background bearing the brown lettering: 'el colonialismo' [colonialism]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Juan Sánchez, ca. 1995.
  • A red cross with painted noughts bearing images of AIDS patients and a cross representing their presumed death; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Víctor Vázquez, [1995].
  • A cast of a rabbit with a hole in the middle and one ear missing appearing to float within a neutral background; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Liliana Porter, [1995].
  • The King, Queen and Ace of hearts and a blank black card surrounding a condom against a green background; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Luis Camnitzer, ca. 1993-5.