Visual Arts
Touched
Touched is an exhibition of portraiture by Delphine Fawundu-Buford examining the impact of HIV/AIDS on Latina and Black/African American women in NYC. The photographs will be on display as a digital slideshow in the museum café on December 1, 2011 in commemoration of World AIDS Day. In addition, GMHC will be distributing information in the museum lobby, and will provide free and confidential HIV testing at El Museo from 10:00am until 4:00pm. For questions regarding testing, call 212-367-1519.
The portraits in the exhibition were taken by Delphine Fawundu-Buford, and depict women who have been infected and/or affected by HIV/AIDS. The exhibit emphasizes the strength and resiliency of Black and Latina women, which in many ways, has the power to transform how we respond to HIV in communities. Women of color are among the most vulnerable populations affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 80% of the HIV/AIDS cases of females in the United States are Black and Latina. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports that while representing only 49% of the entire female population, 90% of women living with HIV are Black or Latina, and 94% of teenage females living with HIV are Black and Latina.
Delphine Fawundu-Buford's work has been exhibited at the International Center of Photography, the Perkins Center for the Arts, the Westbeth Gallery, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Delphine has also contributed to magazines such as Vibe, The Source, Essence and Rolling Stone.