Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice & The Environment, 1965-2005

Schmidt Center Gallery
November 9, 2006 - January 27, 200

Artists in the Exhibition: Alexander Faldin, Luba Lukova, Seymour Chwast, Lorraine Schneider, AES Group, and Andrew Lewis amongst many others.

The Graphic Imperative is a traveling exhibition of 111 posters from around the world organized by the Massachusetts Collage of Art and Philadelphia University.  The strong statements and design of these posters address such issues as racism, war, the importance of voting and conservation.  Words (in a variety of languages) are incorporated into some of he designs created by artists from Russian Japan, the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Turkey, Cuba, Finland, France, China, and others.  The Graphic Imperative was presented concurrently with Graphic Noise: Art at 1,000 Decibels a traveling exhibition of over 400 posters from the Museum of Design Atlanta that featured contemporary concert posters.

Images: Schmidt Center Gallery installation views.