The the first comprehensive survey documenting the work of AIDS activist art collective Gran Fury from 1987 to 1995 will be on display at 80WSE Galleries in New York City from January 31 to March 17.
Gran Fury’s work raised public awareness of AIDS and put pressure on politicians, while sparking debate in sites ranging from the Illinois Senate to the tabloid press of Italy. Bridging the gap between Situationist site-specific art strategies, post-modern appropriation and the Queer activist movement, Gran Fury has been influential to later practitioners. Their work opens up a broader spectrum of understanding about the political and collective art practices that flourished in downtown New York during the ‘80s and ‘90s.
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