Political Poster Bibliography -- Part II

NATIONAL & REGIONAL

AFRICA

Poster Book Collective of the South African History Archive: Images of Defiance: South African Resistance Posters of the 1980s. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1991. ISBN: 0869754211. 184 large pp.; 338 color ills. (inc. 11 pictures.) Eleven pp. dense introduction on poster production, (6) 2-pp. political discussions introducing sections, brief informative captions. Intelligent, wide-ranging survey displaying the vigorous variety of political activities and of poster-work. Nearly all posters are from late '83 thru early '90 (7 early '80s, 6 earlier.) They include only one image of Mandela; show little international influence. [MR]

Sahlström, Berit: Political Posters in Ethiopia & Mozambique: Visual Imagery in a Revolutionary Context. [publisher, date?] [other data?] 179 pp. "The old, rich pictorial tradition in Ethiopia is not likely to produce western revolutionary, socialist elements, while the colonial experience and political awareness of Mozambique has given western propaganda art room to emerge."

Williamson, Sue: Resistance Art in South Africa. N.Y.: St, Martin's Press, 1990. 159 pp.; c. 310 color illus. + 51 b/w artist thumbnails. Wonderful, eclectic survey of art's intersection w/ struggle, through brief essays on >67 artists & illus. of their work in the 1980s. Inc. only 22 posters, most fine-arts. [MR]

AUSTRALIA

Kenyon, Therese: Under a Hot Tin Roof: Art, Passion and Politics at the Tin Sheds Art Workshop. Sydney: State Library of New Wales Press, 1995. 152 pp. , c. 115 illus., inc. 12 color + 6 b/w posters. Extensive history of multimedia collective, 1972-95.

Samuels, Jeffrey & Chris Watson: Aboriginal Australian Views in Print and Poster. Melbourne, Print Council of Australia, 1987. 40 pp., col. + b/w illus. Exhibition catalogue

Williamson, C.: Signs of the Times: Political Posters in QLD, Brisbane. QLD Art Gallery, 1991. 12 pp., 14 b/w illus. Folio.

CHINA

Cheung Chung Yau & Orville Schell: Mao Zedong's Posters. Odyssey Pubns, 1999. ISBN 9-62217625-9, softcover ISBN 9-62217640-2. 200 pages."Chinese posters between 1951 and 1978." [RW]

Evans, Harriet & Stephanie Donald, eds.: Picturing Power in the People's Republic of China : Posters of the Cultural Revolution. U.S.; Rowman and Littlefield, 1999. ISBN 0-8476-9510-7; softcover ISBN 0-8476-9511-5. xiv+170 pp. text, 32 color + 25 b/w ills. Academic analyses of posters from the Cultural Revolution ('66-'76), w/ 9 pp. biblio, well-indexed. Seven thoughtful, meaty essays by the editors, J. Gittings, C. Clunas, Xiomei Chen, & R. Benewick offer potent models for scholarship on other bodies of posterwork, particularly in the U.S.A. [MR] <http://www.posterpage.ch/reviews/re30chin/chin.htm>

Enzo Nizza, ed.: Il Popolo Cinese. Milano; La Pietra, 1973. 103 manifesti dalla Rivoluzione culurale a oggi.

Fraser, Stewart E. (ed.): 100 Great Chinese Posters. N.Y.; Images Graphics Inc., 1977. (London; Studio Vista Publishers, 1977.) 112pp.; 64 color + 36 b/w ills., 10 pp. text. 18"x12" folio. Work from 1971-77 (80% '73-'75) Broad sampler from a narrow period. Useful but naïve intro and descriptive notes on posters; negligible analytic or critical perspective, save in brief note by J. Rennert. [MR]

Landsberger, Stefan: Chinese Propaganda Posters: From Revolution to Modernization. Amsterdam/Singapore; The Pepin Press, 1995. 216 pp., 87 color & 148 b/w ills. "Traces development of style and content in 'decade of reform,' from traditional origins to use for political & economic purposes." [promo] "[First] significant study. .. [but] discusses in simplistic vision as tools of propaganda." [from Picturing Power…] Plodding but instructive re radical shifts from poster practices during Cultural Revolution..[MR]

Landsberger, Stefan: Paint it Red: Fifty Years of Propaganda Posters. [see listing in INTERNATIONAL: NON-USA]

Min, Anchee; Duo Duo; & Landsberger, Stefan: Chinese Propaganda Posters: From the Collection of Michael Wolf. Taschen, 2003. ISBN: 3822826197. Very large folio; 320 pp. “… a selection of colorful propaganda artworks … from photographer Michael Wolf’s vast collection …. Over 300 posters produced … to promote values and to portray the bright future of the People's Republic of China. With essays examining the history of Chinese propaganda and the experience of living in Mao's China.” Sumptuous illustrations (most full-page) and full caption translations are the primary virtues. Pedestrian 2-pp intros by a poster-subject, a poster-maker, and a collector. The display is so notably deficient in woodblock posters, “primitive” art, and the coarser aspects of the Cultural Revolution, including even Mao-idolatry, that one suspects implicit censorship rather than limitations of the collector’s tastes. [MR]

Powell, P. & Huo, Shitao, eds.: Mao's Graphic Voice: Pictorial Posters from the Cultural Revolution. Madison, WI; Univ. Wisconsin Press, 1996. "…guide to exhibition [at Elvehjem Museum of Art, Univ. Wisc.] based on private collection in Shanghai." [from Picturing Power…]

Watson, Scott and Shengtian Zheng: Art of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. Vancouver, B.C.(?): Univ. of British Columbia, , Morris And Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2002. ISBN 0888656246. 60 pp.; 14 color + 19 b/w ills. Exhibition catalogue (~52 posters + 101 other items; only 7+20 illustrated) Useful 6 pp. perspective from Zheng, who was there then; useful chronology and Red Guard texts; long bilingual exhibit list & notes nearly useless w/ so few ills. [MR]

CUBA

Artforum, V. IX No.2, Oct 1970. N.Y.C. Articles inc. Sontag, "The Cuban Poster."

Bach, I. and J.: Massenkunst in Kuba. Agitprop und Massenfeste (Berlin 1979)

Bermúdez, Jorge R.: La Imagen Constante - El Cartel Cubano del Siglo XX. La Habana (CU); Editorial Letras Cubanas, 2000. . ISBN 959-10-0536-9. 350 pp. inc. 241 pp. text, 166 colour ills inc 26 full page. "Disappointing -- no index, funky graphics. But the author is the Cuba's reigning poster expert." [LC]

Center for Cuban Studies: Tenth Anniversary. N.Y.; Center for Cuban Studies, 1982. 21 b/w + 28 color plates, most posters, w/o related text.

Center for Cuban Studies: Cuban Poster Art: A Retrospective 1961-82. N.Y.; Center for Cuban Studies, 1983. Exhibition catalogue. 31 pp., 3 pp. text + 22 b/w illus. + 12 artists snapshots. (Only 1 overlap w/ CCS 1982 booklet.)

Cockroft, Eva: "Art & Politics. Cuba After the Revolution. Interview with Raul Martinez and Marucha." Art in America, December 1983, p. 35-41.

Cushing, Lincoln: Revolucion! -- Cuban Poster Art. San Francisco; Chronicle Books, 2003. ISBN 0-8118-3582-0. 131 pp. inc. 20 pp. text, 5 pp. artists' info, 3 pp. biblio.; ~144 color ills. inc. 119 posters. A warm, well-informed introduction to the unique particulars and range of Cuban poster-work. The portfolio focuses largely on the three main producing institutions, in balance; and almost entirely on the "golden period" 1965-1984. [MR]

Desnoes,, Edmundo: Cubaanse Affiches. Amsterdam; Stedelijk Museum, 1971. Color & b/w ills. Exhibition catalogue. In Dutch (French?)

Doswald, C., ed.: Happy – das Versprechen der Werbung. Zurich; Chronos Verlag, 2002. ; ISBN 3-0340-0549-0. 280 pp., many ills. Catalogue of exhibition at Museum fuer Kommunikation, Bern, 2001- 2002. Inc. article by Richard Frick on Cuban OSPAAAL posters, w/ 45 ills. of posters from his collection. In German. [RW]

(Editora Politica:) Treinta Momentos: Triunfo de la Revolucion. La Habana; Editora Politica, 1992? Small portfolio in wraps w/ 1 p. intro, 30 unbound color plates w/ informative captions. Handsome display of work over 30 yrs. -- 13 designs from COR Nacional, 4 from E.P,. smaller groups from other agencies -- sabotaged by poor color printing.

Frick, Richard: The Tricontinental Solidarity Poster. Zuerich (CH); Comedia-Verlag, 2003. ISBN 3-9522520-2-6. 448 pages; 340 color reproductions. All OSPAAAL posters, 1966-2003. Contributions by Ulises Estrada Lescaille, Mirta Muniz, Reinaldo Morales Campos, Jorge R. Bermudez, Rene Lechleiter, Alfredo Rostgaard, Olivio Martinez and Lazaro Abreu Pardon. <http://www.posterpage.ch/reviews/books03.htm>

Frick, Richard: Plakatkunst der Kubanischen Revolution.

Garcia, Alicia & Sara Vega: Ayer y Hoy: Carteles de Cine Cubano. La Habana; Cinemateca de Cuba/ICAIC, 1999. 19 pp.; 1 p. text, 1 large + 56 small color illus. The Cuban film agency's handsome, small portfolio features 25 current (1999) posters from institutionally-schooled designers + spotty earlier review (11 from '60s, 12 from '80s.) That five at most are at best vaguely political confirms the distance of ICAIC's work from other major Cuban poster agencies. [MR]

Goldman, Shifra: Dimensions of the Americas - Art and Social Change in Latin America and the United States. University of Chicago Press, 1994. No illustrations, but excellent chapter on "Painters Into Poster Makers: A Conversation with Two Cuban Artists." [LC]

Krayna, Philip, “Cuban Poster Crisis,” Communication Arts, Vol.36, Number 5, September-October 1994, 40-49. 23 color plates.

Kunzle, David:. Che Guevara: Icon, Myth, and Message. Los Angeles; UCLA Fowler Museum/CSPG, 1997. 124 pp., 235 color illus, inc. c. 10 U.S. and 87 other posters. Magnificent, dense display; deeply informed & informative commentary. [MR]

Kunzle, David: "Kubas OSPAAAL-Plakate 1967-1989: Solidaritat mit dem Kampf um Gerechtigkeit in der Dritten Welt " ("Cuba's OSPAAAL Posters …"), in: Schultz, Reinhard: Kunst und Krieg 1939-1989, p. 69-76. [See INTERNATIONAL -- RELATED]

Lutz, Hans-Rudolf: Grafik in Kuba (Zürich 1972)

[Mederos, Rene, illustrator] Tran Dong Khan: De Mi Patio al Cielo. Havana; Inst. Cubano del Libro, 1973. 82 pp. of translated poetry by the Vietnames author, w/ 12 color plates from Mederos's Vietnam portfolio.

Stermer, Dugald & Susan Sontag: The Art of Revolution: Castro's Cuba, 1959-1970. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 29 pp. text + 96 oversize detachable color plates (39 political.)

TRIcontinental [&] il Papiro: Il manifesto dell' OSPAAAL. (El Cartel de la OSPAAAL; OSPAAAL's Poster: Art of Solidarity.) Varese, Italy [& Havana??]: il Papiro, 1997. 204 pp.; 5 pp. intro. tri-lingual text, c. 320 large illus., half in color. Nearly-complete catalogue of production, pirated without credit from archival work of the (U.S.) Cuba Poster Project. Barely-adequate reproduction quality; 2 pp. densely-informative text on poster-work. Minimal data in captions, none on artists. [MR]

Valdés, Rayna Maria: Cuba en la Gráfica. 1992.Published by Italy; G. Constantino, 1992. 128 pp, heavily illustrated in full-color.

Zolov, Eric: "A Revolution Apart: Forty Years of Cuban Poster Art." Catalog for exhibit September 1-December 10, 1999, at the Leonard and Mildred Rothman Gallery, Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA); curated and catalog written by Zolov, Assistant Professor of Latin American History. 12 pp, no ills.

Culture et Revolution: L'Affiche Cubaine Contemporaine. Paris?; Centre de Creation Industrielle, Georges Pompidou, n.d. Exhibition catalogue w/ 135 b/w illus., French text.

[author/editor?] Cuba sur les murs (Mons 1995)
[author/editor?] Culture et révolution. L' affiche Cubaine contemporaine (Paris 1977)

EASTERN EUROPE

[Arvanitis, Dimitris] Dimitris Arvanitis - Posters. Athens; Ellinika Grammata, 2001. ; ISBN 960-393-840-8. 160 pp., ~180 color ills. "…born 1948 in Greece … a review of his rich work in music, theater, movie, and political posters, a rare glimpse into Greek graphic design."[RW] In Greek/English.

Aulich, James and Wilcox, Tim (eds.): Europe Without Walls: Art, Posters and Revolution 1989-1993. Manchester: Manchester City Art Galleries, 1993. ISBN: 0901673447. 207 pp.: b/w & color ills. Exhibition catalogue, focusing mainly on artists working in Berlin and Prague in 1989.

Aulich, J. & Sylvestrova; M: Political Posters in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1995: Signs of the Times. U.K.; Manchester University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7190-5418-4, softcover ISBN 0-7190-5419-2. 237 pp, 476 color & b/w illustrations "… comparative analysis of political poster design -- drawn from major collections in Belorussia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, and the Ukraine -- exemplifies the aesthetic diversity of the region under communist rule." <http://www.posterpage.ch/reviews/re39polp/polpos.htm >

Orosz, Istvan & Marta Sylvestrova & Gale Stokes.: Art As Activist: Revolutionary Posters from Central and Eastern Europe. Washington D.C: Smithsonian Institution, 1992. 160 pp., 57 pp. text with 5 b/w + 102 color illus, inc. 75 posters. (Mainly 1987-90.)

Pocs, P.: Pocs Peter: United Colors of Hung(a)ry. Budapest; Poster V Design Studio, 2000. 80 pp., ~100 color ills. Exhibition catalogue, "a history of the Hungarian political poster between 1980 and 2000, illustrated through the posters of one of its main actors. Detailed explanations of the posters' context, difficult circumstances of publication, the response of the public & the authorities. Inc. 25 posters for fictitious [eponymous] project that points its finger to various problems of post-communist Hungary. An essential book, not only for Pocs fans." In Hungarian/English. [RW/

Pocs, P.: Pocs Peter (H)arcok Plakatok (Fights/Faces). Budapest; Poster V Design Studio, 2002. ISBN 963-204-136-4. 60 pp., 53 color ills. Inc. short biography & selection of some of Peter Pocs' best posters 1987-2002. In Hungarian/English. [RW]

Sarhandi, Daoud; Boboc, Alina; & Rohde, David W.: Evil Doesn't Live Here: Posters of the Bosnian War. N.Y., N.Y. Princeton Architectural Press, 2001; ISBN 1568982682. (also London, Laurence King). 194 pp.; 185 color + 5 b/w ills. The texts, including extensive captions, powerfully evoke the degraded disaster of this war; yet the rich suite of images seems oddly distanced, with few exceptions, by virtue of its general aestheticization of the terrible -- due perhaps to the pervasive influence of Polish poster work, posited by the authors, but seemingly more directly to the predominance of images by professional designers. [MR]

Szelenyi, Szonja & Karen Aschaffenburg & Mariko Lin Chang: Equality by Design: The Grand Experiment in Destratification in Socialist Hungary. Palo Alto; Stanford Univ. Press, date? 280 pp. [other data?]

FRANCE

Atelier Populaire: Posters from the Revolution: Paris 1968. London: Dobson Books, 1969 (N.Y.; Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1977). 96 pp.; 9 pp. text, 96 detachable oversize plates in b/w and monochrome + 6 misc. illus; and catagor¥-grouped display of 196 thumbnail images with brief explanatory captions.

Baillargeon, Claude: Tout Est Politique. Adam Biro [eEd? Publ?], 1997. ISBN: 2876602040. 95 pp, ~100 b/w and color illus. English/French. "A brilliant affichiste and photographer shows his concern for social justice" [RW]

Gasquet, Vasco: Les 500 Affiches de Mai 1968. Paris; Balland, 1978. 5 pp. text, c. 500 illus. in black and red, 90% monochrome.

Gesgon, Alain: Sur les Murs de France. 2 Siecles d'Affiches Politiques. Paris; Editions de Sorbier, 1979. 221 pp., > 600 color & b/w illus.

Gervereau, Laurent: La Propagande Par L'Affiche. Paris; Editions Syros-Alternatives, 1991. 180 pp. , color & b/w photos. French. "Excellent and thoroughly researched study of French political posters and images from 1450 onward …[using] collections of the Musee d'histoire contemporaine-BDIC (La Bibliotheque de documentation internationale contemporaine)." [RW].

Huber, Joerg: Paris Graffiti. N.Y.; Thames and Hudson, 1986. 6 pp. text, 87 color plates of stenciled graffiti (multiples.)

Lewino, Walter: L'Imagination Au Pouvoir. (Photos by Jo Scapp.) Paris; Le Terrain Vogue, 1968. Wall graffiti, related to the posters.

Poitou, Jean-Claude: Affiches Et Luttes Syndicales De La CGT. (Posters and Trade-Union Fights of the CGT). Paris, Editions de Chene, 1978.Broché. 168 pp., many ills. in color & b/w from late 19th century on. Préface de Georges Séguy. Historique de la CGT par les affiches. "Belles reproductions." In French.

Jules Grandjouan: Createur de l'affiche politique illustree en France. Paris Editions Somogy, 2001. ISBN 2850564958. 287 pp.<

Les Femmes S'Affichent: Affiches du Mouvement de Liberation des Femmes en France depuis 1970. Paris. 1984. 127 pp., b/w & color ills. In French.

GERMANY

Arnold, Friedrich: Anschlage: 220 Politische Plakate Aus Dokumente Der Deutschen Geschichte 1900-1980. Munich; Langewiesche-Brandt, 1985. 220pp. Contains 220 German political advertisements (focussing mainly on the World War II period).

Behne, Adolf, et. al.: Das Politische Plakat. Charlottenburg; Verlag das Plakat. 1919. 49 pp., 22 color hors-texte plates. Inc. 3 essays: Alte und neue Plakate - Adolf Behne, Flugblatt und Flugschrift - Paul Landau & Warum sozialistische Proaganda? Illustrates work by Max Pechstein, Willy Jaeckel, Georg Tappert, Lyonel Feininger, Cesar Klein & others. In German.

Bohrmann, Hans & Malhotra, Ruth & Hagen, Manfred & Lindemann, Margot: Politische Plakate. Germany; Taschenbucher, 1984. (Harenberg, Dortmund, 1987 reprint.) 695pp., 468 ills.. A pictorial history of political posters in Germany. (From Institut für Zeitungsforschung?) In German.

Hampel, J. & R. Grulich: Politische Plakate Gegenwart. Munich; Verlag F. Bruckmann, 1971. 126 pp., 160 color & b/w ills. In German.

Heartfield, John: Photomontages of the Nazi Period. N.Y.: Universe Books, 1977. 143 pp.; 28 pp. text w/ six essays, 92 full-page b/w plates + 5 b/w photos. Rich survey of JH's seminal, powerful work.

[Heartfield] Herzfelde, Wieland: John Heartfield. Leben und Werk. Dargestellt von seinen Bruder. Dresden. VEB Verlag der Kunst, 1971. 385 pp. >240 colour & b/w illus. German.

Kaltenborn, Sandy: Just Posters. Berlin; Edition Solitude, 2002. 96 pages, ~ 100 color ills. & and photographs; ISBN 3-929085-75-5. In English. ".. a young, politically active graphic designer in the tradition of Grapus. In this unpretentious small book he shows how he fights against ignorance and injustice and discrimination in Berlin with … posters, and carefully explains their context." [RW]

Kämpfer, Frank: Der Rote Keil. Das Politische Plakat. Theorie Und Geschichte.
Berlin; Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1985 Description: 323 pp. 148 illus. (partly color) In German.

[Kollwitz] Hinze, Renate, ed.: Kathe Kollwitz: Graphics, Posters, Drawings. Trans. by Rita & Robert Kimber; fwd by Lucy R. Lippard. London; Writers and Readers, 1981. 132 b/w plates, bibliog., chronology.

Langguth, G., ed.: Politik Und Plakat. Bonn; Bouvier, 1995. 50 Jahre Plakatgeschichte am Beispiel der CDU. In German.

Mayrhofer, Fritz. Das Politische Plakat in Oberosterreich 1918-1956. Linz. Stadt Museum Archives, 1979. 44 pp.. Exhibition catalogue.

Rigby, Ida Katherine: “German Expressionist Political Posters 1918-1919: Art and Politics, A Failed Alliance.” Art Journal, Spring 1984, V.44 No.1. 10 b/w ills.

Schoch, Rainer (Ed.): Politische Plakate Der Weimarer Republik 1918-1933. Darmstadt ; Hessisches Landesmuseum, 1980. 157 pp., . > 175 b/w illus. Exhibition catalogue. German.

Schulze, Angela: Werbung an der Grenze, Provokation in der Plakatwerbung der 50er bis 90er Jahre. Wiesbaden (D); Deutscher Universitaets-Verlag, 1999. ISBN 3-8244-4358-9. 350 pp, 59 small b/w illus. "A PhD thesis on provocative german publicity, from Klaus Staeck and sex to Benetton"

Staeck, K.: Die Gedanken Sind Frei. Berlin; Eulenspiegel Verlag. 1980 ('81?). 112 pp. Color ills Hrsg. von Wolfgang Sellin.;[ role of Herzfelde, Wieland?] German.

Staeck, Klaus: Die Reichen müssen noch reicher werden: Politische Plakate. Rowohlt; Reinbek, 1980. ISBN: 3499250403. 315 ills. (All by Staek) [Also Politische Plakate, von Göttingen: Steidl 1988. 159 pp.] German.

Staeck, Klaus: Ohne Auftrag - Unterwegs in Sachen Kunst und Politik (Without commission - on the road for art and politics). Goettingen; Steidl Verlag, 2000. 290 pp, hundreds of color ills. ISBN 3-88243-739-1. German. "The biography of Germany's (and the world's) most prolific designer of political and social posters." [RW]

Stremmel, Ralf: Politische Plakate, 1870-1960 : aus den Beständen des Stadtarchivs Solingen. Stadt Solingen, Der Oberstadtdirektor; 187 pp. German.

Wasmund, Klaus: Politische Plakate Aus Dem Nachkriegsdeutschland; Zwischen Kapitulation Und Staatsgründung, 1945-1949. (Political posters from postwar Germany, Between Surrender and Establishment of State, 1945-1949). Frankfurt ; Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1986. ISBN 3-596-24309-2. 317 pp., mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen Abbildungen. OKart. Einband an den Kanten minimal berieben. In German.

Hoch die Kampf dem 20 Jahre: Plakate Autonomer Bewegungen. Hamburg/Berlin; Verlag Libertaere Assoziation, 1999. ISBN 3-922611-73-7. 240 pp., 603 color ills., another 3000 jpg ills. on a CD (included) -- " the complete poster collection Hamburg archives of the social movements.". German political posters from the far left. In German.

Politisch / Soziales Engagement & Grafik Design; Berlin; NGBK, 2000. ISBN 3-926796-62-6. 128 pp, color illus. Exhibition catalogue of French & German political posters; interviews w/ les graphiste associés, Klaus Staeck, nous travaillions ensemble, Linke Hände, ne pas plier, fabrique d'Image, Pascal Colrat, Manfred Butzmann, Büro für Ungewöhnliche Maßnahmen, etc.

ITALY

Risatti, Howard: “The Contemporary Political Poster in Italy.” Art Journal, Spring 1984, V.44 No.1. 5 pp., 6 b/w ills.

LATIN AMERICA -- OTHER

[Carpani] Laclau, Ernesto y Luis Felipe Noe: Ricardo Carpani: Grafica popular. Buenos Aires, Ediciones Ayer, 1994. 63 pp., b/w plates. Political posters, broadsides by Argentine artist (b. 1 930) famous for strong style. $40

Craven, David, and John Ryder. Art of the New Nicaragua. Pamphlet of the New York Council for the Humanities, March 1983. 20 pg; select bibliography; b /w ills.

MEXICO

Grupo Mira, ed.: La Grafica del 68 -- Homenaje al Movimiento Estudiantil;. Mexico, D.F.: Grupo Mira, 1982. "The graphics of the Mexican student movement of 1968."

The Mexican Fine Arts Center and Museum of Chicago. Prints of the Mexican Masters. 1987. Catalogue; 81 b/w ills.

Posada, J. G.: Mexican Popular Prints. London; Redstone, date? [other data?] Box w/ folded posters, postcards, booklets and small hardcover with repros and essay on Posada .

[Posada] Berdecio, Roberto, Stanley Appelbaum. Posada’s Popular Mexican Prints. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1972.156 pp; 273 b/w ills.; select bibliography.

[Posada] Tyler, Ron. Posada’s Mexico. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 1979. 314 pp; b/w ills.; bibliography.

Prignitz, Helga : Taller de Graphica Popular en Mexico 1937-1977. México, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes/Centro Nacional de Investigación y Documentación, 1992. 448p., b/w photos & illus., facsimiles, bibl. Detailed history & principal bibliog of TGP.

Studies in the Third World, Inc.: Mexican Student Posters: Posters From the Uprising, 1968. Berkeley; El Fuego de Aztlan, 1968? Portfolio in outer wrap w/ 13 monochrome + 2 polychrome posters. No accompanying text.

Taller de Grafica Popular: 60 Anos: TGP. Mexico City?; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1997. 61 pp., 58 b/w illus. w/ 3 posters. Extensive discussion of the workshop's history and contribution by five commentators.

MIDDLE EAST

Bartelt, Dana, et al.: Both Sides of Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Political Poster Art. Seattle; Univ. Washington Press, 1996. 160 pp., 125 color illus (inc. few b/w.) Exhibition catalogue. Inc. ~25 texts from I & P writers; altogether, a heartrending package. Two texts discuss minimally the posters themselves. Designs are mainly late '80s on, biased heavily towards "artistic" work from both sides, and against aggressive work, particularly from Israelis. [MR]

Helzel, Florence B. & Battat, Eileen: Witnesses to History: the Jewish Poster 1770-1985. [see listing in INTERNATIONAL]

Herzog, Hanna: Contest of Symbols: the Sociology of Election Campaigns Through Israeli Ephemera. Cambridge, Mass; Harvard University Library, 1987. 192 pp, b/w ills..

Malas, Fayez, et al: L'Affiche Palestinienne: Collection D'Ezzeddine Kalak.. Paris, Le Sycomore, 1979. 121 p.; 92 ills., some col. Intro by Yasser Arafat. Palestinian posters from the collection of E. Kalak, 1936-78. French/Arabic.

PHILLIPINES

Guillermo, Alice: Protest/Revolutionary Art in the Philippines 1970-1990. University of Philippines Press Manila 2001; 257. pp. “The author delves into the origins of protest art in the 19th century and pursues it to its full flourishment during the Marcos regime and the forms it encompassed during the administration of … Cory Aquino.”

POLAND

Boczar, Danuta A.: “The Polish Poster.” Art Journal, Spring 1984, V.44 No.1. 12 pp., 13 b/w ills.

Dydo, Krzysztof: Plakaty / Posters Wspolczesne plakaty polskie / Contemporary Polish Posters. Olszanica Poland; BOSZ & Galeria Plakatu, Cracow; 2001. ISBN 83-87730-35-1. 144 pp, > 400 color ills. Polish/English. "I wanted to show…what Polish artists have achieved, in the years following the socio-political turning point of 1989. All of these posters were out in the streets."

Fox, Frank: Polish Posters: Combat on Paper, 1960-1990. Katonah Museum of Art, 1996. 0915171412. 47 pp., 31 color plates. Exhibit catalog w/ ~1/3 of exhibited posters, inc. only 8 social/political. Short preface by E. Millie, 8 pp. intro by Frank Fox introduce modern Polish work, its distinctive qualities centering on high-art grotesquerie. [MR]

Schubert, Z. & Y. Imai: Polish posters, 1960's - 1990's. Musashino, Japan; Musashino Art University Museum & Library, 1998. 80 pp., 64 color & 268 b/w ills. Exhibition catalogue. "Good, concentrated overview on Polish posters." [RW] In Japanese/English.

PORTUGAL

Anon. [T. Drescher??]: “Posters from Portugal.” Left Curve No. 5, Fall-Winter 1975.; San Francisco; pp. 14-23. 7 b/w ills. 1 pp. text, Brief notes on postermaking in Portugal.

SPAIN

Carulla, Jorgi & Arnau Carulla: Guerra Civil En 2000 Carteles: Republica, Guerra Civil, Posguerra. Barcelona; Postermil. [The Civil War in 2000 Posters] S. L, 1997. 2 vols., @ 320 pp. "Incredible compilation."

Carulla, Jordi & Arnau: The Color of War, Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. Barcelona, Spain: Postermil, 2000. ISBN 84-931078-0-8 114 pages, ~ 290 color illus. inc. posters, selected from larger volumes above.

Miravitlles, Jaume & Termes, Josep & Fontsere, Carles: Carteles De La Republica Y De La Guerra Civil. Spain. Barcelona, Spain:. Centre D'Estudis D'Historia Contemporania. 1978. 381pp.

Nelson, Cary: Shouts From The Wall: Posters & Photographs . . . from the Spanish Civil War . . . Illinois Univ. Press, 1966. 72 pp. [other data?]

Tisa, John, ed.: The Palette and the Flame: Posters of the Spanish Civil War. New York: International Pub., 1979. ( London: Collet's, 1980.) 8 pp. text, 158 full-page color plates.

SWEDEN

Burrill, John, ed.: Affischen I Sverige: 230 Affischer Från 100 År (A Century of the Swedish Poster.) From Paul Lipschultz's collection. "Posters are sensory impressions of time and events, of markets and goods, of culture, opinions and ideas, and of the voice of power in its manifestations of ruling majority and movements of opposition." [promo]

SWITZERLAND

Rotzler, Willy [Hrsg.]: Bildende Kunst Schweiz Politisches Plakat Bildband (Political and social posters of Switzerland.) 1 Elbe-Team GmbH. ISBN: 3855040850. ABC edition, Zürich. Gebunden/Pappe Geschichte, Zustand: gut. Neuware, als Remittende gekennzeichnet Untertitel: a historical cross section 155 S. : überwiegend Ill. (farb.)

UNITED KINGDOM

Beddard, Phil, ed.: highflyers: clubravepartyart. London; Booth-Clibborn, 1995. ISBN: 1-861540-205. 184 pp., ~450 color ills; 15 pp. essays by Jon Savage & Stephen Kingston plus ~30 small-to-medium quotes from scene people. Almost entirely U.K. work, mainly London; much graphic & productive variety in the flyers (inc. 63 '88-'90; small forms well represented). Dense, intelligent texts discuss medium's nature, evolution, relation to scene, and commercial appropriation. [MR]

Fuller, Matthew: Flyposter Frenzy. London; Working Press, 1992. 6 pp. text, 90 b/w full-page illus. Mainly U.K., with some U.S.

Kenna, Carol & Lyn Medcalf & Rick Water, eds.: Printing is Easy . . . ? Community Printshops 1970-1986. London; Greenwich Mural Workshop, 1986. 85 pp., 96 b/w illus. Documents history and work of 31 U.K. printshops.

Kennold, Peter: GLC Posters: Keep London out of the killing ground. London: Greater London Council, 1983. Portfolio of photo-collages in wraps, 1 p. text, 11 oversized detached color illus.

Mace, Rodney: British Trade Union Posters: An Illustrated History. Stroud, U.K.: Sutton, Phoenix Mill, 1999. ISBN: 0750921587. 184pp. , 120 col + 80 b/w ills. "Pretty good. Restricted to union images, omits lots of wonderful British work that's just about workers." [LC]

Murphy, Yvonne, et. al. (eds) Troubled Images: Posters and Images of the Northern Ireland Conflict. 1 Oak Knoll Books [United States] Belfast The Linen Hall Libary 2001, ISBN: 1900921200. Catalogue to an exhibition of posters from the Northern Ireland Political Collection at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast, October-November 2001, with an additional 3000 posters, artifacts and commentary included with a CD-ROM. Poster notes text by John Gray. "Troubled Images" is the first substantial book on the posters of the Northern Ireland 'Troubles'..

Wring, Dominic: Framing Politics: 20th Century British Political Posters. London; Politicos, 2002; Methuen Publishing, 2003. **

USSR/RUSSIA

Artamonova, S.N.: The Russian Poster: 20th Century Masterpieces from the Russian State Library. Moscow: Kontakt-Kultura, 2000. 175 pp. Pre-Revolution and Soviet periods; short bilingual intro. [other data?]

Baburina, Nina: Soviet Posters 1918-78. London?; RCA., 1978. 23 pp., catalogues 242 works.

Baburina, Nina: The Soviet Political Poster, 1917/1980. (Trans. Boris Rubalsky.) Middlesex/N.Y.; Penguin/Viking-Penguin, 1985. (Moscow; Sovietsky Nhudozhnik Pubs., 1984.) 204 pp.; 7 pp. text, 183 oversized color plates. From the USSR Lenin Library Collection.

N.I. Baburina, N.I.: Russia 20th century, History of the country in poster, Moscow; Panorama, 2000. ISBN 5-85220-534-6. 256 pages, ~ 230 color ills.; Russian/English. "updated reprint of softcover version published in 1993 … survey of the development of the Russian political poster, beginning with pre-revolution designs, some ROSTA windows, pre and post-war soviet propaganda posters, and a few Perestroika posters" [RW]

Barkhatova, Elena: Russian Constructivist Posters. (Trans. Elena Bassmetnaya.) Moscow/Paris; Avant-Garde, 1992. (Dist. Abbeville Press, N.Y.) 215 pp., 7 pp. text + 216 oversized color plates.

Bojko, Szymon (Trans. by Robert Strybel and Lech Zembrzuski): New Graphic Design in Revolutionary Russia. New York; Praeger. 1972. (From old Polish edition.) 156 p., >100 b/w illus.

Bonnell, Victoria E.: Iconography of Power: Soviet Political Posters Under Lenin and Stalin. (Studies on the History of Society and Culture, No. 27.) Berkeley; Univ. California Press, 1997. 395 pp., 100 b/w + some color ills. [other data?]

Bonnell, Victoria E.: Spirit of the Soviet Union: Anti-Nazi Cartoons and Posters. The Pilot Press (U.S.) and Nicholson & Watson, Great Britain; 1942. 48 pp, [other data?]

Constantine, Mildred & Alan Fern: Revolutionary Soviet Film Posters. Baltimore; Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1974. xi+98 pp., 96 b/w + 16 color full-page plates + 17 misc. b/w illus.

Dickerman, Leah: ROSTA: Bolshevik Placards 1919-1921. N.Y.: Sander Gallery, 1994. 48 pp.; 11 pp. text, 17 full-page illus. of multi-panel posters for the Russian Telegraph Agency + 9 small panel illus., all color. Dense, excellent essay on the social politics and art of ROSTA's production; inc. 9 posters by Maiakovskii.

Dickerman, Leah (ED.): Building the Collective: Soviet Graphic Design 1917-1937. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996. Selections from the Merrill C. Berman collection.

Federici, Renzo (ed.), Grafica Russa 1917/1930 (Firenze 1990)

Guerman, Mikhail: Art of the October Revolution. N.Y.; Harry N. Abrahms, 1979. 15 pp. text, 245 b/w + 184 color illus., inc. 44 posters. Serious introduction, sparse text.

Heller, Martin & Christina Reble (ed.), Kunst und Propaganda. Sowjetische Plakate bis 1953 (Zürich 1989)

Litvinov, Victor & Alexander Yagorov: The Posters of Glasnost and Perestroika. (Trans. John Crowfoot.) London/N.Y.; Penguin Books, 1989. (Moscow; Sovietsky Khudozhnik, 1989.) 4 pp. text + 131 oversized color plates w/ informative captions by translator.

Margolin, Victor: “Constructivism and the Modern Poster.” Art Journal, Spring 1984, V.44 No.1. 5 pp., 7 b/w ills.

Milner, J.: Russian Revolutionary Art. 1979. [other data?] 100 pp. col. + b/w illus. From the British Library.

Pack, Susan: Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde (Köln 1995)

Pavlov, G.: Soviet Political Poster. Leningrad; Aurora Art Publishers, 1973. 20 pp.,. 32 color plates w/o text.. Loose in printed folder. In Russian, English & French.

Pavlovskaia, G.V & I. Iu. Voronkova: Plakaty 1941 goda, Katalog kollektsi belorusskogo gosudarstvennogo Muzeia Istorii Velikoi Otechestvennoi Voini (Posters from 1941, catalogue of the whiterussian Museum of the History of World War 2).Minsk, Belorossia, Asobny Dakh, 1998. ISBN 985-6356-08-03. ~96 pages, ~100 color ills.; 4 pp. intro. In Russian.

Piltz, Georg: Russland wird rot. Satirische Plakate 1918-1922 (Berlin 1977)

Snopkov, A.E., et al.: Zhenshchiny v russkom plakate ( Women in Russian Posters ) Moscow, Kontakt Kultura, 2001. ISBN 5-93882-005-7. 144 pp, 121 color ills.; text by I.N. Baburina and S.N. Artamonova; Russian/English. "… contains all the famous russian posters featuring women, like Strakhov's 1926 Emancipated women, Rodchenko's Books for all, Stenberg's Love triangle, Toidze's WW2 icon The motherland calls! And many more examples praising the role of women in soviet society." [RW]

Walsh, Daniel J.: Contemporary Political Posters of the Soviet Union. Alexandria, VA; Liberation Graphics, 1990. 27 pp., 20 small color plates w/ informative captions. Commercial catalogue (#2.)

White, Stephen: The Bolshevik Poster. New Haven; Yale Univ. Press, 1990. 152 pp., 79 b/w + 92 color illus., dense text.

Tegnekunsten i Sovjetunionen. (Social Kunst 6). Copenhagen; Mondes Forlag, 1931. Color & b/w ills. Vol. of Social Kunst devoted to the Poster Art of the Soviet Union.

MISC. PERIODICAL REFERENCES

Articles

AIGA Journal of Graphic Design, Volume 10, Number 2, 1992. Special issue on Design in the Service of Social Activism, ed. Steven Heller. Includes: Heller, “Taking the Initiative;” Seth Tobacman, “Writing on the Wall;” Sabrina Jones, “ Feminist Street Art: Attacking Violence;” Tim Drescher, “The Art of Self-Defense: Bay Area Political Posters;” the Fireworks Graphics Collective, “The collective Experience: One Art, Many Voices;” Elaine Sarao, “ Pig Poster Rocks Capitol;” Sabrina Jones, “Anonymity: Selfless or Self-Protection;” Scott Cunningham, “’Zines Are Us;” Carol Wells, “An Alternative Archive;” Victor Margolin, “SisterSerpents: A Radical Feminist Art Collective;” Peter Kuper, “ World War 3 Illuminated;” Steven Heller, “ Robbie Conal: Sure Shot Sniper;” Gary E. Ossius, “A History of American P.S. (Political Stuff);” Matthew Porter, “Rebels with A Cause.”

Kandel, Susan, review of Protest Poster show at Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica. Los Angeles Times, February 8, 1996.

Minkler, Doug, “In Support of the Pamphleteer,” undated 4 pg. essay.

Tanaka, Rodney, “Voicing the Other Side of History.” Review of “Courageous Voices” show at Wight Gallery. Daily Bruin, Arts & Entertainment [UCLA], February 27, 1996.

Brown. Josh and Ellen Noonan. 2000. "Calls to Action: Posters of the Anti-Vietnam War Movement." Radical History Review, 78:141-148. Includes six posters and very little commentary.

AB Bookman's Weekly, April 17, 1989. N.J. Helfand, William H: "Medical and Pharmaceutical Poster Art."

Ramparts, 12/68 "The Agit Pop Art of Cuba" 1 pp. text, 15 images w/ brief notes about focii of production.

Ramparts, portfolio of napalmed Vietnamese children

Ramparts, 2/70, 12/70. 3/71; Mederos portfolio 4/70s

Mother Jones 1993

Poster Articles in Community Murals Magazine

Anon. “Icons and Images for Peace,” (reprinted from Nuclear Times July 1983), Fall 1983, 28.

Anon. “”3-D Images,” Winter 1985, 21.

Anon. “Recent S.F. Bay Area Street Stencils,” Spring 1987, 23.

Baird, Peter, “ Rini Templeton 1932-1986,” 21-23. Fall 1986.

Cortez Koyokuiatl, Carlos, “ Posters As Street Art & Social Message,” Winter 1985, 18-19.

Cushing, Lincoln, “Silkscreening As A Tool for Social Change,” Fall 1981, 50-51.

Cushing, Lincoln. “Art and Working Life;” Health &Safety Posters;” Fall 1984, 16-19.

Cushing, Lincoln, “Domingo Ulloa—A People’s Artist,” Spring 1985, 21-23.

Cushing, Lincoln, “The Chilean Cultural Exchange Project, “ spring 1986, 18-23.

Cushing, Lincoln, “Getting the Word Out—The Challenge for the 80’s,” Summer 1986, 21.

Cushing, Lincoln, “ Poster Archives: An Effort at Cultural Self-Preservation;” 20-21, Fall 1986.

Cushing, Lincoln, and Doug Minkler. “Logos of Our Movement;” Fall 1984, 16-19.

Grenville, Heath, “ Gender in Chinese Propaganda Images,” (reprinted in excerpt from Praxis M, Australian Journal of Contemporary Art, Summer 1984-85) Spring 1987, 21-22.

Hom, Nancy, “ Community Culture—A Team Effort,” Summer 1984, 20-22.

Mosher, Mike, “Artist/Writer Creates Graphics for Restaurant Strike,” 20-21, Fall 1984, 16-19.

Neisser, Judith, “Giving Peace a Chance,” Spring 1984, 21.

MISCELLANEOUS CATALOGS

Australian Council of Trade Unions. Art & Working Life. Information poster on the Art & Working Life Project. Ca. 1995(?). color.

Chicanarte. An exhibition organized by the Comite Chicanarte with the cooperation of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, September 14-October 12, 1975. 107 pg; b & w.

Encuentro: Invasion of the Americas and the Making of the Mestizo. Venice, CA: SPARC, October 19-December 21, 1991. 34pg; color.

[Maradiaga, Ralph]. The Fifth Sun: Contemporary/Traditional Chicano & Latino Art. University Art Museum Berkeley, CA. 46pg; b/w.

Newmarch, Ann. Projects in Prospect: Artist-in-Residence, 1982-83. Prospect, Australia: The Experimental Art Foundation, 1984. 42 pg. pamphlet.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

Goldman, Shifra M. & Tomas Ybarra-Frausto. Arte Chicano: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of Chicano Art, 1965-1981. Berkeley, CA: Chicano Studies Library Publications Unit, 1985. 778 pp.

Rene Wanner's Poster Page: http://www.posterpage.ch/reviews/books02.htm. Many commentaries here are his, marked [RW]

The Poster Bibliography Project: http://www.posterpage.ch/pobi.htm

Goldman, Shifra M. & Ybarra-Frausto, Tomas: Arte Chicano: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of Chicano Art, 1965-1981. Berkeley; Univ. of California, 1985.

UNCERTAIN RELEVANCE

Breitenbach, Edgar: American Poster: Graphic Communications in the Twentieth Century $39

Burke, Clifford Miller: Printing It. N.Y.; Ballantine Books, 1972. Popular underground reference.

Buster, Larry Vincent: Art and History of Black Memorabilia. NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 2000. Photos by Kenneth Paul, Sr., ed. by Alex Markovich. Color photos throughout.

Gallo, Max: The Poster in History. New York & London: W.W. Norton,1972. 336 pp; color; select bibliography.

Grumet, Michael: Images of Liberty. NY; Arbor House, 1986. 137 pp, color + b/w illus. Images representing Lady Liberty; some posters; with irony?

Johannesson, Lena & Paul Lipschutz Samling: Läsning och annan kommunikation I affischernas värld. (Reading and other communication in the world of posters) 132 pp., color illus. from Lipschutz's collection, 1910 -85.

Magdalena M.: Kommt, Sehet Die Kunst: Fruhe Kunstausstellungen by Moeller, Dortmund; Harenberg, 1984. Frühe Kunstausstellungen. überwiegend Ill. (z. T. farb. ) 144S. gut

Tyler, Linda. Hot Off the Press: Prints and Politics. 1994. "Contains original print by Eric Avrey."

Weill, Alan: The Poster. Boston; G.K. Hall, 1984. (L'Affiche dans le Mond. Paris; Editions Aimery Somogy, 1984.) 420 pp., > 500 illus., half in color. Post-1950 political work inc. only 3 U.S. and 4 other images, + 5 U.S. countercultural.

Wrede, Stuart, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Modern Poster. Boston: New York Graphic Society Books; Little Brown and Company. 1988. 263 pp. 28 p. essay; all color plates; bibliography.

American Depression Posters 1929. Bruxelles; Ed L'Ecuyer, 1930. In 8 allongee. Cart [moy]. 24 pp., 25 b/w + 5 color illus.

Competition submissions and winner for a poster. Edmonton: Quon editions, 1995 . 80 pp. C. 60 color illus., directory of designers.

Fifth Sun: Contemporary / Traditional Chicano and Latino Art. by University Of California Art Museum, Berkeley, 1977. 46pp, 32 b/w ills., various texts & interviews, maps of mural locations.

The Polish Poster, 1970-1978. Warsaw; 1979. 216 pp., col. + b/w illus.

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