EK ACCESSION #: ICI 22324
TITLE: Diamanda Galas tattoo on hand – We Are All HIV+
DISCUSSION: When her brother died from AIDS in 1986, Diamanda Galas tattooed the knuckles of her left hand with ” We are all HIV+” and in so doing gave birth to one of the most enduring, rage-filled ‘corrective’ to the ‘red ribbon as fashion statement’.
ICI COLLECTIONS: AIDS; antipodes