Library copy is 24/25 and signed by MacPhee. IaU Box title. Limited edition of 25 copies, signed and numbered by Josh MacPhee. Handmade red cloth-covered portfolio with foil-stamped title on spine, title and an illustration foil-stamped on the front cover. Lined with white paper, with a three-flap paper wrapper attached inside to hold posters. Contains 100 offset printed posters from the Celebrate People's History Poster series, a letterpress printed half-title sheet with curator's statement, and a letterpress printed contents sheet.
Summary:
"This cloth-bound box set documents the first 18 years and 100 posters in the Celebrate People's History Poster series. The posters are rooted in the do-it-yourself tradition of mass-produced and distributed political propaganda, but detourned to embody principles of democracy, inclusion, and group participation in the writing and interpretation of history. It's rare today that a political poster is celebratory, and when it is, it almost always focuses on a small canon of male individuals: MLK, Ghandi, Che, or Mandela. Rather than create another exclusive set of heroes, I've generated a diverse set of posters that bring to life successful moments in the history of social justice struggles. To that end, I've asked artists and designers to find events, groups, and people who have moved forward the collective struggle of humanity to create a more equitable and just world. The posters tell stories from the subjective position of the artists, and are often the stories of underdogs, those written out of history. The goal of this project is not to tell a definitive history, but to suggest a new relationship to the past"--Justseeds Artists' Cooperative website, August 4, 2016.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)953619414
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.