December 1 is DAY WITH(OUT) ART. [See https://visualaids.org/projects/day-without-art] This photograph is “Maria and Adriana, 1991” by Brian Weil. It has layers of meaning for me. When you walk into our home, it is on the wall facing our door. It was gifted to me by some very dear friends on my 40th birthday. It is a double-portrait of Maria who is dying from HIV/AIDS and her daughter Adriana. I was told that this may have been the last moments they saw each other. One of the friends who gifted me this work died from AIDS several years later. He collected Brian’s work. Brian Weil (1954-1996) understood the power of images and stories - and of art and activism. This is a gift that reminds me of that power every day.
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