Inspired by
visual modes
of social resistance, such as song lyrics and
protest signs, Hutchins's works serve as a response to the current political and social climate.
Inspired by
protest - art groups like ACT UP spinoff Gran Fury — which produces «campaigns» like «Kissing Doesn't Kill: Greed and Indifference Do,» «Art is Not Enough» and, most famously, «Silence = Death,» a neon
sign which hangs in the window
of the New Museum — the activist group
Visual AIDS persuades hundreds
of art organizations to institute a «day without art,» and shroud work in «mourning and action in response to the AIDS crisis.»