Akedah, 1995
Gelatin-silver print
Sight: 9 7/16 x 12 1/4 in. (24 x 31.1 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the Fine Arts Acquisition Committee
1997-35 ' ; $object_caption = 'Albert J. Winn
Akedah, 1995
Gelatin-silver print

1997-35 ' ; $object_summary = 'Albert J. Winn, a California artist, Jewish homosexual and person with AIDS, creates work chronicling his personal history of sexuality and illness, and the struggle with those issues in the context of family, cultural affiliations, and personal relationships.

"Every month, because of my illness, I need to undergo a blood test. . . . When my arm is bound with a tourniquet, I am reminded that I am bound to my illness. I look at the tourniquet and see tefillin. . .." '; ?>