• "Obscene Is ?"/ Daniel J. Martinez
"Obscene Is ?"/ Daniel J. Martinez "Obscene Is ?"/ Daniel J. Martinez "Obscene Is ?"/ Daniel J. Martinez

"Obscene Is ?"/ Daniel J. Martinez

Objects

FA.B8.0064
Fine Art Collection
21 x 17.5 cm (8.3 x 6.9 inches)
1990
Daniel J. Martinez
Alan Lithograph Inc.
Dent Art
Los Angeles
commemoratives, mixed media, political art
Clear plastic, hinged clam shell box containing two dozen wrapped and packaged red, green and blue condoms. Box has black, embossed text on both sides. Top: "We will not tolerate/institutionalized religion/We will not tolerate/ racism", "We will not tolerate/forced morality/ We will not tolerate/ government censorship". This is followed by, "Obscene Is?/ By Daniel J. Martinez/ "Feliz Navidad/ Dent Art/ Season's Greetings". Below, "Commissioned by the Peter Norton Family/ On the Occasion of the AIDS Commemorative Day Without Art December 1, 1990/ Produced by Alan Lithograph Inc." Text on reverse side: "Choice/"Intimacy & Truth/ Obscene Is?"

Interior condom packages are printed, "Freedom Is/Freedom Is" with expiration date, "10/95" and serial number, "6100701".

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