Anonymous

CCAC #: 0413
Artwork title: Anonymous
Artist(s): Gideon Mendel
Year made: 2001
Artwork type: Photography
Medium: Digital Photographic print, mounted between metal and glass
Dimensions (mm): 59 x 39.5
Artwork series: Framing AIDS
Source: Donated by the artist
Year acquired: 2015
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: In storage
Exhibitions:
Signage:

A student at a university in Maputo, Mozambique, is depicted as an anonymous male. The extreme stigma relating to his HIV/AIDS status led him to remove his clothing, hoping that would make him unidentifiable.


CCAC 434374

Photographer: Unrecorded
Photo copyright: Consult with CCT curatorial team

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