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[Helvetica Jones political poster collection].
BANC PIC 2021.006--D
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[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 GraphicsAbstract:
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, AmericanNote:
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.
Helvetica Jones poster collection, BANC PIC 2021.006, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Purchase ; from Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare LLC ; 2021.
Type:
graphicPolitical posters.
Screenprints.
Physical Description:
print
5 prints in 1 folder : silkscreen ; sheets 91 x 61 cm (poster format)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2021.006--D