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1 box (10 posters) : color illustrations Visionaire 68 Now! the Collectors Edition is produced in a limited 200 hand-numbered editions, expertly printed on exhibition canvas using archival ink-jet printing. The posters in the Collectors Edition measure 17 inches x 22 inches. Sex Work Rights / Candice Breitz -- Equal Voting / Zoe Buckman & Hank Willis Thomas -- Opiod Crisis / Nan Goldin -- Women's Rights / Kim Gordon -- Identity / Martine Gutierrez -- Gun Control / Katerina Jebb -- Criminal Justice / Tiona Nekkia McClodden & Pusha T. -- Resistance / Marilyn Minter -- Gender Equality / Faith Ringgold -- Climate Change / Vivienne Westwood. Examining and taking inspiration from this essential tool of modern political activism, Visionaire re-contextualizes the protest poster as art object, albeit one with a practical purpose. This editioncomprised of ten images with text addressing the current state of the worldexploits the democratic power of art and the traditional, political imperative of the protest poster. The works in this edition are intended to be used on the streets of our cities and towns to proclaim what we hold dear. Ten rolled-up posters housed in a drop-spine box. Library has copy number 6 of an edition of 200. Gift of the Publisher. RISD Alumnus, Gregory E. Foley, AP 1991.
"Examining and taking inspiration from this essential tool of modern political activism, VISIONAIRE re-contextualizes the PROTEST POSTER as art object, albeit one with a practical purpose." This edition—comprised of ten images with text addressing the current state of the world—exploits the democratic power of art and the traditional, political imperative of the protest poster. The works in this edition are intended to be used on the streets of our cities and towns to proclaim what we hold dear." -- publsiher's website https://visionaireworld.com
ISBN
Visionaire68_NowCollectorsEdition.pdf
Publication Date
2019
Imprint / Year
New York : Visionaire Publishing, [2019]
Measurements
47 x 14 x 12 cm
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
Publisher
Visionaire Publishing
City
New York
Keywords
packaging; posters; activists; political art; activism; equality; worker's rights; human rights
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Recommended Citation
Breitz, Candice; Thomas, Hank Willis; Dean, Cecilia; Kaliardos, James; and Foley, Greg, "Visionaire 68: Now!" (2019). Visionaire. 17.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_periodicals_visionaire/17