Silence=Death Project

Silence=Death
An example of the 1987 Silence=Death poster from the AIDS crisis, illustrating the use of the inverted pink triangle from the Holocaust
Type of projectPolitical
LocationNew York City, New York
FounderAvram Finkelstein, Jorge Socarras, Chris Lione, Charles Kreloff, Oliver Johnston, and Brian Howard
CountryUnited States
Established1987 (1987)

The Silence=Death Project, best known for its iconic political poster,[1] was the work of a six-person collective in New York City: Avram Finkelstein, Brian Howard, Oliver Johnston, Charles Kreloff, Chris Lione, and Jorge Soccarás.[2]

  1. ^ Force, Thessaly La; Lescaze, Zoë; Hass, Nancy; Miller, M. H. (October 15, 2020). "The 25 Most Influential Works of American Protest Art Since World War II". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Emmerman, James (July 13, 2016). "After Orlando, the Iconic Silence = Death Image Is Back. Meet One of the Artists Who Created It". Slate.