Kennesaw Exhibit Shows How AIDS Changed American Art

Artist Tino Rodriguez’s “Eternal Lovers,” an oil on wood painting, will be on display at the “Art AIDS America” exhibit at the Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw.

On the walls of the Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw, Atlanta artist Robert Sherer’s piece is innocent enough. It’s an illustration in red ink of someone picking some flowers — the ornamental pink, red and white Sweet Williams — and putting them in a basket.

Again, it’s in red ink.

“It’s made with HIV-positive and negative blood,” Sherer explained.