Introduction
General Idea was formed in 1969 by AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal. Throughout its 25-year-long career, the Canadian group produced an important body of work in various media and formats, which continues to be a reference point for generations of artists around the world. Their works touch upon topics such as archaeology, history, sex, race, illness, and the myth of the group itself through self-portraits, a recurring subject of their production. General Idea began making AIDS-related works in 1987—they were pioneers in incorporating the issue of AIDS in art—and produced countless installations on this theme until Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal's deaths from AIDS-related illnesses in 1994.
