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Mother + Stuart Semple launch limited-edition set of protest art tools- The Gay Blood Collection.
Creative company Mother has debuted The Gay Blood Collection, a limited-edition set of complain art tools with the help of artist and activist Stuart Semple, intended to bring awareness to a discriminatory FDA rule that excludes gay men from donating blood. And it just so happens it’s more relevant given all the recent news surrounding the national blood shortage crisis.
Since the s the FDA has treated men who have sex with men as second-class citizens, banning the donation of their life-saving blood due to outdated and impractical fear of HIV and AIDS contamination. Back in , creative company Mother wanted to take a stand on the ban by kicking off the “Blood is Blood” initiative, where they printed t-shirts utilizing ink made from the blood of gay men (including some of their employees).
But unfortunately, nothing has changed since then, and the ban still exists today. Which is archaic, discriminatory, and frankly, bullshit.
So, this NYFW,
Mother and artist Stuart Semple have launched ‘The Gay Blood Collection’, consisting of a combination of paints, sprays and pens.
The launch was set to address the unfair FDA rule that rejects gay men from donating blood.
Artist, Stuart Semple partnered with creative company, Mother to highlight the unjustness of excluding gay men from donating blood, especially since there is a national blood shortage.
The FDA, The Food and Drug Administration, produced rules that ultimately excluded men who participated in sexual activity with other men, from becoming a blood donor.
The collection offers Gay Blood acrylic paint, a fountain pen, screen printing ink, sketch pen and spray paint, ranging from $30 to $
An additional bonus, the spray paint has an eco-friendly alternative to aerosol. Products can be bought here.
Mother said, ‘We took the FDA’s unwanted blood and did something about it’. In addition, to raising awareness, all the profits from the collection go to Callen-Lorde, a New York based community health centre. To persist to raise awareness, Mother will be connect
This Red Paint Contains the Blood of Gay Men
Protesting the FDA’s policies banning gay men from donating blood, first enacted during the AIDS crisis, artist Stuart Semple is launching a decorate collection mixed with the donated blood of gay men. It’s yet another example of the power of color in protest movements.
BY RYAN WADDOUPS September 23, All images courtesy of Mother Goods&#;
In the early ‘80s, at the height of the AIDS crisis, the U.S. government placed a lifetime ban on “men who have sex with men” from donating blood. The restriction, they reasoned, intended to maintain HIV out of the blood supply. It wasn’t until that—after rebukes from advocates and lawmakers—the FDA replaced the ban with a one-year abstinence requirement, further reducing it to three months in April as the country grappled with a pandemic-induced blood shortage. Quickly forward two years and the shortage has only intensified—the Red Cross reported a one-day supply of critical blood types due to a 10 percent decline in donations.
Confounded by the ongoing injustice of the restrictions on he
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Dorset in , Stuart Semple became an artist after a traumatic near death experience at the age of 19 whilst studying Fine Art at Breton Hall in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Since Semple has enjoyed a successful artistic career in which he been the subject of 15 international solo exhibitions. He has featured in over 40 group shows and major public art projects.
In Stuart Semple’s works, the emotional and spiritual impact of mass culture on the individual are re-imagined with a playful, exuberant and sociological language.
Semple’s hybrid compositions often comprise of disparate appropriated and found elements which he weaves into alluring surfaces that encapsulate a deep critical analysis of contemporary culture. His world is one of low-culture internet trash, 90s nickelodeon colour palettes. indie music, obscure music videos and cultural theory straight out of the 60s Frankfurt school.
Working across painting, film, public art, sculpture and installation, during the past 16 years Semple has bought a unique voice to the issues facing his ‘millennial’ gen