Australian aboriginal painting about AIDS [descriptive]

Item Overview

Title

Australian aboriginal painting about AIDS [descriptive]

Date

1993

Place of Origin

Canberra (A.C.T.)

Publisher

Australia. Dept. of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services

Language

English

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

Poster depicts an Australian aboriginal painting by artist Zane Saunders on a yellow background, with four separate views of details of that painting. It suggests that people are at the center of nature's cycle of life, and that we have a duty to protect human life by using condoms.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item AT003.

Physical Description

Dimensions

71 x 61 cm. (28 x 24 in.)

Condition note

Poster text: This painting depicts the continuing cycle of life and the role all people must play to ensure an AIDS free future. Dragonflies, frogs, birds, butterfly [sic] and the two people reach out to touch the tree of life and hope and the seeds on the shield. The tree's roots turn into water, the mainstay of life.

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

Australia

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Nature
International Year of the World's Indigenous People (Program)
Indigenous peoples--Arts & crafts
Indigenous peoples--Australia
Human life cycle
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Paintings