Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

Up against the wall: Art, activism, and the AIDS poster. Edited by Donald Albrecht and Jessica Lacher-Feldman. Medical and consulting editor William M. Valenti.

Publication Details

Rochester, NY: RIT Press, 2021 CE.

Documents the power and impact of nearly 200 examples of AIDS posters from around the world and the social activism that continues to bring awareness to a disease without vaccine or a cure. Selected from the 8000 posters concerning AIDS collected by Edward Atwater.

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Thematic Classifications

ART & Medicine & Biology INFECTIOUS DISEASE › HIV / AIDS INFECTIOUS DISEASE › HIV / AIDS › History of HIV / AIDS Social or Sociopolitical Histories of Medicine & the Life Sciences

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Entry Number	#13373
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External URL	up-against-the-wall-art-activism-and-the-aids-poster

Geographic Context

Publication place: Rochester, NY