Aids Sushi
Artist
Barton Lidicé Beneš
(American, 1942 - 2012)
Date2001
Mediummixed media including medications
Dimensions6 × 4 × 2 in. (15.2 × 10.2 × 5.1 cm)
a: 1 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (3.5 × 4.4 cm)
b: 1 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (3.8 × 4.4 cm)
c: 1 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (3 × 4 cm)
d: 3/16 × 6 5/8 × 1/4 in. (0.5 × 16.8 × 0.6 cm)
e: 1/8 × 6 1/2 × 1/4 in. (0.3 × 16.5 × 0.6 cm)
f: 1/2 × 6 1/8 × 4 1/8 in. (1.3 × 15.6 × 10.5 cm)
a: 1 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (3.5 × 4.4 cm)
b: 1 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (3.8 × 4.4 cm)
c: 1 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (3 × 4 cm)
d: 3/16 × 6 5/8 × 1/4 in. (0.5 × 16.8 × 0.6 cm)
e: 1/8 × 6 1/2 × 1/4 in. (0.3 × 16.5 × 0.6 cm)
f: 1/2 × 6 1/8 × 4 1/8 in. (1.3 × 15.6 × 10.5 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Jonathan Abrams and Fay Pfaelzer Abrams, 2013
Object number2013.24.4a-f
DescriptionThree faux sushi rolls made from the artist’s AIDs medications wrapped in dollar bills; there is a roll with green pills, a roll with red pills, and a roll with orange pills. The three rolls sit on a red plastic sushi plate with red chopsticks.On View
Not on viewTerms
- medicine
- art
- illness
- disease
- commodity exchanges
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