How to Use a Condom

Eric Avery

born 1948

How to Use a Condom, 1997

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: photoengraving; toilet paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 768 x 114 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 30 1/4 x 4 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 36 x 14 in

Credit line: Gift of the artist

Accession number: 2003.0195.a

Not on display

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Artist and physician Eric Avery installed toilet paper printed with instructions for use of male and female condoms on the walls of five Houston-area clubs and coffee shops in conjunction with World AIDS Day in 1995. This installation, sponsored by Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum, was removed from the walls of one of these coffee shops after the Houston Police Department, responding to a complaint, declared that the installation violated the Texas Penal Code that guards against the display of harmful materials to minors. Kate Meyer, Curatorial Assistant in Prints and Drawings

Exhibition Label: "xy," Jun-2009, Kris Ercums Artist and physician Eric Avery installed toilet paper printed with instructions for use of male and female condoms on the walls of five Houston area clubs and coffee shops in conjunction with World AIDS Day in 1995. This installation, sponsored by Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum, was removed from the walls of one of these coffee shops after the Houston Police Department, responding to a complaint, declared that the installation violated the Texas Penal Code that guards against the display of harmful materials to minors. Kate Meyer, Curatorial Assistant in Prints and Drawings