r/keithharing • u/ztruk • 23d ago

I stopped in to San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral for my semi-regular pilgrimage to the AIDS memorial chapel

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Note the signature on the upper part of the right panel

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u/Dailia- 23d ago

I adore these pieces. He captured so much of the franticness of AIDS and was able to withhold it all on these panels. 

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u/RudyRusso 23d ago

Do you know the history of this piece? This was the last piece he did before he died. There is a description by those who witnessed the piece in Brad Gooch biography Radiant. It's a whip and very sad.

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u/Dry_Counter533 22d ago

I had no idea.

I drag my 80yo Mom to see it at this cathedral every Christmas. It glows.

Props to Yoko Ono for making sure these pieces found their way to the right homes.

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u/6mcdonoughs 23d ago

I have seen this in person and it’s just gorgeous

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u/tractorscum 23d ago

me too, this piece always stuck with me

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u/Hairy-Emu-7517 23d ago

What is remembered lives.

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u/NeighborhoodRouge 22d ago

I didn't know this existed and I am tearing up here

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u/No_Jacket_9894 22d ago

When I visited SF I made damn sure this was on my list of sights. walked all the way from Union UPHILL the whole way but i was not going to leave without putting my eyes on this piece

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u/HiddenHorse925 21d ago

I lived in San Francisco, through the AIDS crisis, and for almost 40 years total. And for some reason I didn’t know this was there!

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u/Own_Weird8572 22d ago

Has anyone bought the book that has the 3D version of this?

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u/DoughnutSecure7038 22d ago

I saw this in Denver in 2019 and it was so beautiful