Ted Kelk – Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel

Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Ted Kelk', cotton / paint, various makers, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1991 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. The background is orange, red and yellow with painted designs and lettering, in white and black. 'TED-KELK' '1928 - 1991' is in large white painted letters across the panel. Two mask like faces appear in opposite diagonal corners, one orange, the other yellow. In the other corners, are a white map of Queensland with an inverted pink triangle with the letters 'QALGLR' ( Queensland Association for Gay and Lesbian Rights, a lobby group for gay and lesbian rights.) close by, and a pink inverted fabric edged in black. All four corner designs are machine appliqued to the panel. The following words are painted on the panel: 'AU REVOIR' / 'AUF WIEDERSEHEN' / 'ADIAU' (sic) / 'DA SVEDANIA' / 'MAEAEL SAELAEMAE' / 'GOOD BYE'.