Overview
From the fight against the AIDS crisis to the struggle for Black liberation and international solidarity, Graphic Liberation! digs deep into the history, present, and future of revolutionary political image making. What is the role of image and aesthetic in revolution? Through a series of interviews with some of the most accomplished designers, Josh MacPhee charts the importance of revolutionary aesthetics from the struggle for abolition by Black Panthers, the agitation during the AIDS crisis from ACT-UP, the fight against apartheid in South Africa and Palestine, as well as everyday organizing against nuclear power, for housing, and international solidarity in Germany, Japan, China, and beyond. In ten interviews, political designer and street artist Josh MacPhee talks to decorated graphic designers such as Avram Finkelstein, Emory Douglas, and more, focussing on each of their contributions to the field of political graphics, their relationships to social movements and political organizing, the history of political image making, and issues arising from reproduction and copyright.
Full Product Details
Author: Josh MacPhee ,
Avram Finkelstein ,
Alison Alder ,
Emory Douglas
Publisher: Common Notions
Imprint: Common Notions
ISBN: 9781942173878
ISBN 10: 1942173873
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 07 March 2024
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Josh MacPhee An Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels,). He regularly works with community and social justice organizations building agit-prop and consulting on cultural strategy. Avram Finkelstein is a US designer from Silence=Death Project, Gran Fury, ACT UP. Alison Alder is an Australia-based printmaker, member of Redback Grafix, and founder of Megalo print studio. Emory Douglas is former revolutionary artist and designer for the Black Panther Party. Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza are a Chicanx printmakers in the Bay Area, members of Dignidad Rebelde and Justseeds Artists Cooperative. Daniel Drennan ElAwar is founder of Jamaa Al-Yad graphics collective in Beirut, Lebanon. Tomie Arai is an early member of Basement Workshop, the first political cultural space in NYC Chinatown in the 1970s, and a member of Godzilla, Asian-American arts collective. Sandy Kaltenborn is cofounder of Kotti & Co. housing initiative in Berlin and image-shift studio. Judy SeidmanSouth African arts organizer, activist, and member of Medu Arts Ensemble. A3BC Collective is an antinuclear-antimilitarist block making collective in Tokyo, Japan. Tings Chak is based in China and is the art director of the new Tricontinental.
