Nayland Blake

American, b. 1960

Infect
1988

Assemblage of glass case with candles, ribbon, salt shaker, and dishes on aluminum stand
51 x 16 x 10 in. (129.54 x 40.64 x 25.4 cm)
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
2002.20

Nayland Blake’s Infect is a meditation on being quarantined and the problems of loving and being loved during the height of the AIDS crisis.

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This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Uses of the Real I , 1/20/2008 - 4/30/2011
• Uses of the Real Part II , 7/1/2009 - 8/30/2010
• Crossing Boundaries: Identity , 9/1/2009 - 10/13/2009
• The Day After Tomorrow; Art in Response to Turmoil and Hope Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art , 7/1/2020 - 12/19/2020

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