Visual Resistance

This art show ends tomorrow!!! Sorry I didn’t post it earlier. Go see it if you can.

The Design of Dissent ends Saturday, July 2, 2005

School of Visual Arts presents “The Design of Dissent,” an exhibition of over 100 political posters and other graphic art from around the world, curated by SVA faculty, board member and legendary designer Milton Glaser and graphic designer and SVA faculty, Mirko Ilić.
The exhibition and book examine the varied, vital graphic response to the constraints of government and the “powers that be” from around the globe.

“The Design of Dissent” showcases posters, books, buttons, magazines and other ephemera from the 1960s to the present, from countries such as Israel, Palestine, the former Yugoslavia, Russia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Iran, Turkey, Bosnia, Serbia, Spain, Poland, Malaysia, Germany, South Africa, Argentina, Mexico and the United States.

The graphic works tackle a variety of issues ranging from peace, animal rights, gun control, religion, the Iraq war, equality, women’s rights, gay rights and the corporate world. Milton Glaser articulates the power and need for dissent in modern life. “Part of the characteristic of dissent when it’s at its best is fueled by empathy, and it’s fueled by the idea that other people matter, and that if somebody is hurt or victimized, we are all hurt or victimized. It is necessary for dissent to be expressed. It has to be expressed because to protect democracy, it’s the only hope we have.”

If you can’t make it to the show, there is a book with all the artwork and you can view some of the posters on this website.

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