rays got the "General Idea"

image from home:atti.net
Called one day of azt(big pills) and one year of azt(little pills)

Sculpture journal,June 2006.
I came across this cool picture of giant pills and tons of little ones as you can see.
This is part of an exhibition of "General idea" which is three guys AA Bronson,Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal from Canada that lived and worked together for 25 years till two of them died of aids,they started in 1969 and went till 1994.The last one Bronson continues to work on his own still.
Their work was often about homosexuality and aids,dealing with aids like these pills(,azt being aids medication),which they started using quite a bit after the two were diagnosed and taking medication.they aparently used poodles a lot as well.Theres a lot of interesting stuff about them on the net and they did a lot of work over their 25 years together,being early masters of mixed media.This exhibition in Pitsburg at the Andy Warhol gallery was the first comprehensive show of their works, and from the sounds of it there was a lot of it.They used popular culture,kitch and modernism to deal with some pretty hefty,grave issues.
Interesting that they lived and worked together too. check them out if you get the chance..................