Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt

The Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, of which this multi-panel quilt forms a part, is an evocative record of those who were lost to HIV, many of them in their 20s and 30s. The visual diversity of the panels is marked, capturing as they do the character and individuality of the person who died. In the 1980s and 1990s, at the onset of AIDS and in the following decade, societal attitudes were often homophobic. The Quilt records memories of those vibrant young people who faced their death in times …

Parts of this object

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt in memory of Uncle Ferree

about 1990

2011/109/5-7 Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of Inmates of 'Silverwater Gaol', cotton / synthetic textile / ink, made by Inmates of Silverwater Gaol, New South Wales, Australia, 1991

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel in memory of Inmates of Silverwater Gaol

1991

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt in memory of Andrew Carter

about 1991

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel in memory of 'Mark'

c.1989

2011/109/5-3 Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Douglas Marshall', cotton / paint / paper / glue, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1992

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel in memory of Douglas Marshall

1992

2011/109/5-4 Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Lionel Muller', cotton / synthetic textile, made in Alaska, United States of America and New South Wales, Australia, c. 1989

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel in memory of Lionel Muller

c.1989

2011/109/5-5 Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt in memory of the clients of the 'Maitraya' Day Centre and for their friends, cotton / paint / ink, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1991

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt Panel in memory of the clients of the Maitraya Day Centre and for their friends

c. 1991

2011/109/5-6 Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Kevin Ash', cotton / paint / glue / synthetic textile / plastic / glitter paint, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c.1991

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt Panel in memory of Kevin Ash

c. 1991

Summary

Object No.

2011/109/5

Object Statement

Quilt, Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, remembering Uncle Ferree, Andrew Carter, Douglas Marshall, Lionel Muller, Kevin Ash, Wil Adler, Ron Andrews, Peter Baines, Michael Bergamaschino, Sam Bonafacio, Norman Boyle, Andrew Carter, David Chesney, Daniel Church, Jean Claverie, Peter Cornwall, Peter Davis, Glen Evans, Greg Fenton, Peter Finnerty, Terry Gerber, Terry Giblett, Mikael Golan, Rodney Harwood, Robbie Koesemans, Denis Maloney, Miro, Megan Mkwananzi, Richard Mkwananzi, Ian Nuttall, George Pritchett, Lloyd Rees, Tim Rigg, Peter Sawkins, Tom Small, Glen Taylor, Peter Treacey, Wim Van Den Ende, Velko, Zsa Zsa, Drew Williams-Plane, Paul Young, Alex Zatychne, Silverwater Gaol Inmates 1991 and Mark, various makers and places of manufacture, Australia / United States of America, 1989-1992

Physical Description

The quilt is a square shape constructed with 8 joined panels, unbacked and edged with canvas.

This quilt block includes panels to: Uncle Ferree; Andrew Carter; Douglas Marshall; Lionel Muller; Kevin Ash; Wil Adler, Ron Andrews, Peter Baines, Michael Bergamaschino, Sam Bonafacio, Norman Boyle andrew Carter, David Chesney, Daniel Church, Jean Claverie, Peter Cornwall, Peter Davis, Glen Evans, Greg Fenton, Peter Finnerty, Terry Gerber, Terry Giblett, Mikael Golan, Rodney Harwood, Robbie Koesemans, Denis Maloney, Miro, Megan Mkwananzi, Richard Mkwananzi, Ian Nuttall, George Pritchett, Lloyd Rees, Tim Rigg, Peter Sawkins, Tom Small, Glen Taylor, Peter Treacey, Wim Van Den Ende, Velko, Zsa Zsa, Drew Williams-Plane, Paul Young, Alex Zatychne; Silverwater Gaol Inmates 1991; Mark.

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt block number 35.

Marks

No marks

Short URL

https://ma.as/383999

Dimensions

Height

3570 mm

Width

3480 mm

Depth

10 mm

Source

Credit Line

Gift of the Quilt Project Sydney, 2011

Acquisition Date

1 December 2011

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Harvard

Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 23 March 2023, <https://ma.as/383999>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/383999 |title=Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=23 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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