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Date: 1990

Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation

Medium: Public Art

Artist: Gran Fury w/ Art Against AIDS: on the road

Confronting Bodies: Chicago Transit Authority

Dates of Action: 1990-1991

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Description of Artwork: A poster meant for display on buses and other transportation with text reading "Kissing Doesn't Kill: Greed and Indifference Do" and an image with same sex couples kissing.

The Incident: The Art Against AIDS signs have ridden elsewhere in the country along with being placed in prominent window displays, but the CTA first delayed running the ad until city officials and state officials could create ordinances that would ban "same sex affection" in CTA advertisements.

Results of Incident: The CTA did not allow Kissing Doesn't Kill to run: Greed and Indifference Do, and the fight continues for protection of gay and lesbian rights in Chicago and elsewhere.

Source: Committee For Artists' Rights Archive and Creative Time Archive

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-====Date: [[:Category:1994|1994]]====
+====Date: [[:Category:1990|1990]]====
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-====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]]====
+====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]====
-====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]]====
+====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]]====
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-'''Artist:''' Cindy Battisti and Eve Saturn
+[[File:Kissing_Doesnt_Kill.jpg|right|400px]]
-'''Confronting Bodies:''' Center at High Falls employees and director.
+'''Artist:''' Gran Fury w/ Art Against AIDS: on the road
-'''Dates of Action:''' 1994
+'''Confronting Bodies:''' Chicago Transit Authority
-'''Location:''' Rochester, New York
+'''Dates of Action:''' 1990-1991
-'''Description of Artwork:''' Eve Saturn's untitled painting featured two nude, pregnant women seated back to back, holding hands and surrounded by flowers with human faces.  One of the women is black and the other white, each holding a child of the other's race.  Cindy Battisti's untitled piece shows a nude man and woman dancing in a circle.   <P>
+'''Location:''' Chicago, Illinois
-'''The Incident:''' The Center at High Falls is a visitor information center that often exhibits local artists' work.  An organization called Baha'i sponsored the exhibit, ''Racism: Just Undo it''. After the exhibit's installation, two employees contacted the Center Director, Lydia Boddie-Neal, and complained about the two paintings.  Boddie-Neal removed the paintings because they showed frontal nudity and suggested that the "explicit and provocative nature of the message" might jeopardize fundraising efforts. <P>
+'''Description of Artwork:''' A poster meant for display on buses and other transportation with text reading "Kissing Doesn't Kill: Greed and Indifference Do" and an image with same sex couples kissing.
-'''Results of Incident:''' The pieces were removed and the center enacted a policy giving itself final approval for all work on display. <P>
+'''The Incident:''' The Art Against AIDS signs have ridden elsewhere in the country along with being placed in prominent window displays, but the CTA first delayed running the ad until city officials and state officials could create ordinances that would ban "same sex affection" in CTA advertisements.
-'''Source:''' Artistic Freedom Under Attack, 1995
+'''Results of Incident:''' The CTA did not allow Kissing Doesn't Kill to run: Greed and Indifference Do, and the fight continues for protection of gay and lesbian rights in Chicago and elsewhere.
-[[Category:1994]]
+'''Source:''' Committee For Artists' Rights Archive and [http://www.creativetime.org/programs/archive/1989/Kissing/Kissing.htm Creative Time Archive]
+[[Category:1990]]
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 [[Category:20th century]]
 [[Category:North America]]
 [[Category:United States]]
-[[Category:New York]]
+[[Category:Illinois]]
-[[Category:Rochester]]
+[[Category:Chicago]]
-[[Category:Nudity]]
+[[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]]
-[[Category:Painting]]
+[[Category:Public Art]]
+[[Category:Gran Fury]]
+[[Category:Public Transportation]]
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-style: italic;">Kissing Doesn't Kill:Greed and Indifference Do</span>}}
-{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-style: italic;">Racism: Just Undo it</span> (exhibition)}}
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