Question
For an installation subtitled (for David), Zoe Leonard sprawled sewed-up fruit skins across the floor to represent victims of this epidemic. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this 1980s epidemic commemorated by the “Silence = Death” poster and the NAMES project that impacted many LGBTQ+ artists.
ANSWER: AIDS epidemic [or AIDS crisis or HIV/AIDS crisis; accept acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus]
[10h] Before dying of AIDS in 1990, artist Keith Haring used this three-word phrase in a mural near the Harlem River Drive depicting a skeleton holding a zero-dollar bill on fire.
ANSWER: Crack is Wack
[10m] Haring primarily worked in this artistic medium in New York City where he painted a pile of crowns after the death of Jean-Michel Basquiat who also made art in this medium and used the tag SAMO (“same-oh”).
ANSWER: graffiti [or street art; prompt on murals]
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Summary
2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 83% | 83% | 33% |