Revolucion!: Cuban Poster Art
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ISBN: 0811835820 / Publisher: Chronicle Books, April 2003
Produced with unprecedented access to Cuban national archives, iRevolucion! is the largest collection of these posters ever published. With an introduction illuminating the rich social and artistic history of the posters, and rare biographical information on the artists themselves, this beautiful volume offers a revealing look at Cuba's efforts to define itself through a potent mix of imagery and politics in striking visual terms.
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The poster was the popular art form in Cuba following the Cuban Revolution, when the government sponsored some 10,000 public posters on a fascinating range of cultural, social, and political themes. Revolucin!, produced with unprecedented access to Cuban national archives, assembles nearly 150 of these powerful but little?seen works of popular art. From the 1960s through the 1980s, the posters rallied the Cuban people to the huge task of building a new society, promoting massive sugar harvests and national literacy campaigns; opposing the U.S. war in Vietnam; celebrating films, music, dance, and baseball with a unique graphic wit and exuberant colorful style. With an introduction illuminating the rich social and artistic history of the posters, and rare biographical information on the artists themselves, this striking volume offers a window into the story of Cuba?and a truly revolutionary chapter in graphic design.
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