2010.54.4204

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Smooch
Smooch
1991
17.00 in HIGH x 11.00 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.4204

Bottom left corner has logo that reads, "DAM!"





Photograph shows two women kissing each other; woman on the right is cupping the other woman's head and neck in her hand. Poster reads, "Lesbian-wear as modeled by Sarah, dyke academic and Kris, hip dyke activist. Phtoographed by Girl Ray."Dyke Action Machine! (DAM!) is a two-person public art project founded in 1991 by artist Carrie Moyer and photographer Sue Schaffner. DAM!?s first poster project was an effort to expose the lack of lesbian representation in American popular culture. The campaign of six xeroxed posters, wheatpasted throughout Manhattan (NY), replaced the "underground" celebrities featured in the GAP clothing ads with pictures of lesbian activists. [LMC]
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