An international exhibition of political poster design, Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age: 2001-2012 is currently on display at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Curated by MassArt professor and Chair of Graphic Design Elizabeth Resnick, the featured work spans nearly three dozen countries and touches on just as many pressing issues.
From their website:
The third exhibition in a trilogy focusing on socially conscious posters, Graphic Advocacy features 120 works from 32 countries including Bolivia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Israel, Kuwait, Russia, and Singapore. As a medium for social change, posters record our struggles for peace, social justice, environmental defense, and liberation from oppression.
From the confrontational and political, to the promotional, persuasive and educational, the poster in all its forms has persisted as a vehicle for the public dissemination of ideas, information, and opinion. Ready access to broadband and mobile communications and to digital production technologies has expanded the poster’s role beyond the printed surface, creating a contemporary tool for support and protest that is still a cornerstone of 21st century advocacy.
Here’s a small sample of the works on display. More can be seen at Graphic Art News, while an official website of the exhibition, as well as a printed book, are currently in production.
ABCNT Lioness: Free Political Prisoners
Zhgun: Egor Catcher
Li Haiping: Victory
Lemel Yossi: Fukushima, Mon Amour
Antonio Castro: Migrant Workers
Michelle Brook: Bleed Out, Katrina
Rich Black: Direct Action
Top image: Gazdov Ivan: Silhouette.
