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The three vases in this artwork, which is part of a bigger series of works named Stigma, reflect a specific combination of pills that you, as a patient, would take daily (or in some cases multiple times a day). The pastel colored pigments-peach, pink and light blue- look harmless, attractive, and even inviting like candy, however their innocent appearance only camouflages the actual toxicity of these serious medications. 14 (2015) is a sculptural work consisting of three hand-blown glass jars filled with the pastel-colored food pigments that are used to coat pills in recent generations of HIV medicines, such as Truvada, Atripla, Stribild and Isentress. 14 (2015)Ĭould you tell us a little bit about the artwork you donated? Side Effects, No. With this in mind, it should come as no surprise to learn that the artists have contributed a work to Unquestioning Love, a high-profile sale featuring a truly incredible selection of contemporary art, at Christie’s this week to benefit the New York City AIDS Memorial.Īhead of the sale, which takes place on 9 and 12 November, at Christie’s in New York, Elmgreen & Dragset share their thoughts on the artwork, and the cause it benefits.ĮLMGREEN & DRAGSET – Side Effects, No.
These pieces join a long line of other artworks, such as Elmgreen & Dragset’s 2008 Memorial to the Homosexuals Persecuted Under the National Socialist Regime, in Berlin their 2010 sculpture, Gay Marriage and their Queer Bar, installation, first created in 1998, which speak to the distinct experiences of gay men and women around the world. They extended this motif further in their 2019 exhibition, It’s Not What You Think It Is, at the Blueproject Foundation in Barcelona, by building a fake boiler room, in which the pipes were painted the same light pastel colors. These consisted of a series of tall glass jars – in size and shape recalling an apothecary’s carboy, or a funeral urn – each filled with the same pigments used to coat the latest generation of HIV medicines. The Nordic art duo’s 2015 exhibition, Stigma, featured a series of works entitled Side Effects. The acclaimed fine art duo recall the AIDS crisis and describe the work they have contributed to the New York City AIDS Memorial sale at Christie’sįew artists have engaged with the long shadow of the AIDS Crisis with quite the same rigor as Elmgreen & Dragset. Elmgreen & Dragset photographed by Elmar Vestner Elmgreen and Dragset on Unquestioning Love