Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing
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Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing is a landmark 1989 photography exhibition and catalog curated by Nan Goldin that documented the impact of the AIDS crisis on New York’s downtown art community.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
art exhibition
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exhibition catalog ⓘ photography exhibition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| curator | Nan Goldin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| curatorialApproach |
community-based portraiture
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personal documentary style ⓘ |
| describedAs | landmark AIDS-related photography exhibition ⓘ |
| documented |
artists affected by AIDS
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loss and mourning in the art community ⓘ political dimensions of the AIDS crisis ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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social documentary ⓘ |
| hasCuratorialFocus |
New York downtown art community
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impact of AIDS on artists ⓘ |
| hasPart | exhibition catalog ⓘ |
| inception | 1989 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfExhibition | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
AIDS crisis
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HIV/AIDS in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ LGBTQ community ⓘ New York City downtown art scene ⓘ |
| medium | photography ⓘ |
| movement |
AIDS activism in art
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early artistic response to AIDS epidemic
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intersection of art and AIDS activism ⓘ representation of New York’s downtown art community ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
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