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Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Davidson, NORTH CAROLINA

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  • Artist: Robert Sherer (American, b. 1957)

Internationally exhibiting American visual artist and activist. Multimedia art explores race, gender, and sexual identity. Best known for use of unconventional media, namely HIV+ bloor and pyrography. Began creating works with blood after an incident with an X-acto razor caused blood to spew from his leg. Since then, he has used his own blood and that of an anonymous friend to create his works.

Viral Warning by Robert Sherer
  • Robert Sherer
  • Viral Warning, 2013
HIV+ and HIV- blood on paper
25.25 x 22 in
(64.14 x 55.88 cm)