PHOTOS: 'Art AIDS America'

Uncomfortable, wistfully beautiful, and vitally important, the exhibit 'Art AIDS America' deals with the subjects we shy away from: sex, politics, and religion "This exhibition underscores how powerfully a plague that is still with us has changed us,” says Jonathan D. Katz, cocurator of the exhibit, opening October 3 at the Tacoma Art Museum.

At left: Bill Jacobson, born Norwich, Conn., 1955, Interim Portrait #373, 1992, Chromogenic color print, 24 x 20 inches, courtesy of the artist.