the art of protest

THE ART

OF PROTEST

E X P R E S S I NG A

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THOBABEN 2011

AMERICAN POSTERS

• The tradition of poster making in the U.S. dates back to before the American Revolution!

The Culpeper Minutemen flag A symbol from both the American Revolutionary War and Civil War. "Liberty or Death" "Don't Tread on Me”

GOVERNMENT

PROPAGANDA

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CIVIL WAR

RECRUITMENT

POSTER

John Heartfield (Herzfeld) used his abilities to fight Hitler and the Nazis!

LEFT: March 8, 1934 - This piece is an interpretation of the Nazi military slogan. Blood dripping from the swastika infers that the military (weapons and soldiers) was all Germany needed for victory.

RIGHT: May 31, 1934 ; This piece shows humanity, broken on the wheel. It mirrors the traditional piece with

a reference to the swastika, the Third Reich breaking human life.

POLISH POSTERS• The late 1940s witnessed a

shift in the life of the Polish poster.

• It was at this time that a small group of artists, including Henryk Tomaszewski, Józef Mroszczak and Eryk Lipiński, set out on a new path of artistic invention.

• When asked in 1946 by the Polish Film Department to design posters, they agreed- but with the stipulation that the work be based on their own artistic terms, not the typical advertising clichés of the past.

Video:http://freedomonthefence.com/Website: http://freedomonthefence.com/history/

Film Poster for The Birds , Bronislaw Zelek, 1965

THE ART OF SOCIAL PROTEST• Throughout history

artists have used their skills to promote a specific point of view.

• This is a classic anti-war poster from the 1960s.

Lorraine Schneider (American, 1925-1972), for the Los

Angeles organization Another Mother for Peace (AMP), a

Vietnam War protest poster, 1967, offset lithograph.

Rupert Garcia; L.A. Committee to Free Angela ; Offset, 1972 , California

Women's Graphics Collective, Silkscreen1972 , Chicago, Illinois

L EADERS

FOR

PEACE

Protest poster designed for a march on Washington DC on the eve of the 2002 war in Iraq.

Rupert Garcia’s images reference art, Mexican American history, advertising and consumer iconography, the Vietnam War, and the Mexican Revolution.As with his current art works in different media, Garcia’s early posters and prints used emotionally charged symbols to reiterate the point that cyclical upheavals have defined changes in human power structures, commerce, and civic progress throughout history. Rupert Garcia, El Grito de

Rebelde, 1975Color silkscreen

26 x 20 in.

PO S T E R I N S

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Robert Lorzaartist

CONTEMPORARY

‘ TH IN

K GREEN ’

POSTER

Root Yourself by Brendan VailI wanted to show people with my

poster that there are greener fuels that we could be using, and

help people make a more educated decision.

REDUCE

GREENHOUSE

GAS

EMISS

IONS

Altas Helped by Rosanna Ho

"We have the tools that we need to achieve a

sustainable planet"

AIGA

AMER I CAN I N

ST I TUTE

OF GRAPH IC

ART I S

TS

More examples from their “get out the vote” campaign:

http://www.aiga.org/get-out-the-vote

/

POSTER CLASH

2011 CONTEST

T H E M E : UN I T

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One of the winners - LINK to:http://clash.aigablueridge.org/

To see more examples…

CHAZ MAVIANNE DAVIESP O S T E R O N A I D S A W A R E N E S S R E M E M B E R S L A V E R Y

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Link to more about Chaz:http://retiary.org/idea/idea5/idea_5/chaz/chaz.htm

GREAT LINKS:Free Your Pizels: 10 of the Best Free Fonts for Protest Postershttp://www.patrickstjohn.org/blog/10-best-free-fonts-protest-

posters

More about Chaz Mavianne-Davies at:Creative Defiance his artist’s page at: http://www.maviyane.com/

and an AIGA page about him at: http://www.aiga.org/design-journeys-chaz-maviyane-davies/