Free All Politcal Prisoners" [Poster]
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- Broadside
- [Berkeley, CA]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], 1970
[Berkeley, CA]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], 1970. First Printing. Broadside. Very Good+. First Printing. Broadside. Poster silkscreened on the back of a used sheet of perforated computer printout paper, a typical canvas for the products created by participants of the Political Poster Workshop at UC Berkeley. The sprocket edge strips are intact, which is uncommon. "In the first few days of May of 1970, college protests spread across the US following the invasion of Cambodia, and on May 4 the Ohio National Guard opened fire on campus protesters, killing four Kent State students and wounded nine others. Shortly thereafter, in response to both the invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State massacre, UC Berkeley students formed the Berkeley Political Poster Workshop and set about mass producing hundreds of silkscreen prints, primarily printing on recycled paper and cardboard. Under the guidance and leadership of Malaquías Montoya, a major figure in the Chicano Art Movement, autonomous poster workshops emerged at colleges around the Bay Area, but especially at San Francisco State and UC Berkeley.
These workshops, organized around young Chicano artists and staffed by many untrained student volunteers, developed on and off campuses in the late-1960s and early-1970s. In May of 1970, these workshops at Berkeley exploded and coalesced in the College of Environmental Design (in Wurster Hall) where hundreds of volunteers printed thousands of posters on recycled paper, based on over 250 designs" (Janet Turner Print Museum). The image is a co-opted symbol of the Black Panther Movement/Black Power fist in the air, utilized by people's political movements since the 1960s. Uncommon generally, very scarce in the exceptional condition found here. Minor spotting near the left edge with some ink smudging near the lower right edge. Small closed tear at sprocket hole along top edge, intact. Silkscreen broadside on back of used computer dot matrix printer paper. 38x28cm.
These workshops, organized around young Chicano artists and staffed by many untrained student volunteers, developed on and off campuses in the late-1960s and early-1970s. In May of 1970, these workshops at Berkeley exploded and coalesced in the College of Environmental Design (in Wurster Hall) where hundreds of volunteers printed thousands of posters on recycled paper, based on over 250 designs" (Janet Turner Print Museum). The image is a co-opted symbol of the Black Panther Movement/Black Power fist in the air, utilized by people's political movements since the 1960s. Uncommon generally, very scarce in the exceptional condition found here. Minor spotting near the left edge with some ink smudging near the lower right edge. Small closed tear at sprocket hole along top edge, intact. Silkscreen broadside on back of used computer dot matrix printer paper. 38x28cm.