Les Ballets Africains

        

6.   Anon.          1968
      Les Ballets Africains          17x22 cm          serigraph

Though the lettering and image reflect the influence of rock-dance posters, the figure's political content was intrinsic -- for reclaiming African heritage was already a theme of the Black movement, and the PFP presented itself proudly as an inter-racial party. The deeper content became explicit only as the feminist movement developed. A year later, the naked female form was no longer acceptable as advertisement for progressive politics.

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