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Title:

[Helvetica Jones political poster collection]

Creator/Contributor:

Helvetica Jones, creator, designer.

Creator/Contributor:

Kirkpatrick, Garland, artist.

Creator/Contributor:

Jewett, Jade, artist.

Creator/Contributor:

Toruño, Bony, artist.

Creator/Contributor:

Two Brothers, printer.

Creator/Contributor:

Center for the Study of Political Graphics

Abstract:

Political posters produced by Garland Kirkpatrick and his design consultancy Helvetica Jones. Works feature prominent textual graphics, most includiing political quotes.

Date:

1996 (issued)

Contents:

1. Culture contains the seed of opposition becoming the flower of liberation (Amilcar Cabral) 1996 -- 2. Until the lions have their historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter (African proverb) 1996 -- 3. Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it (Bertolt Brecht) 1996 -- 4. Race, lies and stereotypes: a poster exhibition on racism and anti-semitism from the Archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics 1997 -- 5. Art action: until the lions have their historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter (African proverb) 1998

Subject:

Posters, American
Affiches américaines
Posters, American

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Artist's names printed along edges of most works: Helvetica Jones: Garland Kirkpatrick, Jade Jewett, Bony Toruño; Two Brothers (printer); Center for the Study of Political Graphics.
Purchase ; from Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare LLC ; 2021.
Helvetica Jones political poster collection, BANC PIC 2021.006, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
political posters.
screen prints.
Political posters.
Screen prints.
Political posters.
Screen prints.
Affiches politiques.
Sérigraphies.

Physical Description:

print
5 prints in 1 folder : silkscreen ; sheets 91 x 61 cm (poster format)

Language:

English

Origin:

California