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  • The blurred face of a child within a larger face, with the blurred message "Look without seeing ... see without looking" representing AIDS in children. Colour silk screen print after N. Brody.
  • A man with a scimitar, and a bleeding heart; representing the blood donation service run in Cuba by the Comité de Defensa de la Revolución. Colour silk screen print by S. Goire Castilla, 1987.
  • The side of a building with the question "One day, when all diseases will be overcome, shall we finally learn how to live", referring to AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Jochen Gerz, 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.
  • 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 man with a lamp shade on his head surrounded by a halo of light with the words "réveillez-vous" (Wake up!) across his jumper; representing enlightenment about AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Glen Baxter, 1993.
  • The French words "jusqu'à moi" (even including me) seen as a white haze in the darkness; referring to the involvement of individuals in resisting the spread of AIDS. Silk screen print after Anne-Marie Jugnet, 1993.
  • Hands grabbing other hands between the words 'SIDA' (AIDS) and 'solitaire' (lonely) within a starry universe with earth beyond, suggesting the loneliness of having AIDS. Silk screen print by Pierre Bernard, Atelier de Création Graphique - Grapus.
  • 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 woman's hand and face in textured fabric partially obscured by a black square as if concealing an indecent act; the square saying "AIDS - let's talk about it openly". Colour silk screen print after Uwe Loesch, 1993.
  • A hazy crowd of people in colours on the left and in black and white on the right; representing "AIDS, a responsibility of all, a consideration for others". Colour silk screen print after A. Muntadas and J. Rabascall, 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.
  • A blind-folded man dressed in black stands in the corner of a room open to the sky; he looks down at a white skull, representing ignorance of the lethal effects of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Moebius, 1993.
  • A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 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.
  • 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.
  • A penis rising in the form of a yellow serpent with a pronged tongue daubed on a rough red wall bearing the graffiti "AIDS, the killing bit of love"; representing the danger of sexual transmission of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Anthon Beeke, 1993.
  • A swirling crowd of people with the word "isolé" (isolated) typed diagonally across the page, with an extract from the passport dated 16 Dec 1979 bottom right; an analogy to the isolation felt by those with AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Roger Pfund, 1993.
  • Yellow fever in Cuba: (above) the Aedes-aegypti mosquito, the carrier of yellow fever, seen as a target through a telescopic gun-sight; (below) a discarded tyre, oil drum etc. as places where the mosquito breeds. Colour screen print (?) after S. Goire Castilla, 198- (?).
  • A man pulling a condom over his face; advertising a screening of short films on protection against AIDS. Print, 1995, after drawing by R. Topor, 1993.
  • Red and yellow hearts representing AIDS and love. Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
  • The sea from above with land partially hidden by clouds with blue circles and half circles; representing an advertisement for an exhibition of AIDS posters by ARTIS. Colour lithograph by Intégral Ruedi Baur et associés.
  • Little white people being threatened by huge black spikes representing global threats to the earth anticipated in 2001 (war, poverty, drugs etc.). Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
  • Red and yellow hearts representing AIDS and love. Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
  • Little white people being threatened by huge black spikes representing global threats to the earth anticipated in 2001 (war, poverty, drugs etc.). Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
  • A skull with eyes formed of the male and female symbols, representing sterility attributed to sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji seated on bedding revealing a tattoo of a skull amid grasses on his left arm. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1861.
  • Profiles of two human faces facing each other, separated by letters spelling the word AIDS. Colour screenprint by J. Rajlich, 1994.
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji (?) in a loin-cloth, his body covered with sword scars, is seated at a meal. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1857.
  • A performance by the "three-headed nightingale" (supposedly a woman with three heads), seen from the side, revealing the trick whereby the appearance of three-headedness was achieved. Reproduction of wood engraving by E.A. Tilly.