24 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in Artist-produced, ORTF, Poster, Uncategorized
“ORTF Freedom, ORTF Truth” Jean Banzaine
Colour offset/lithograph on heavy poster paper
58 x 80cm
Documented in:
Online References: Bienecke: BrSides Folio 2008 161
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
Today, the terrible attack on the Charlie Hebdo office resulted in the deaths of 12 people – amongst them 80-year old Georges Wolinski (one of the founders of the magazine “L’Enrage” in May 1968).
In memorium to him, and the other victims of this brutal mass-murder – this is his front cover for “L’Enrage” no.7.
22 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Uncategorized
You’ve probably noticed something of a hiatus in my postings to this blog. One of the main reasons is that I am currently in Paris (not a bad thing for either myself, or the purposes of this blog!).
During the course of my visit so far I’ve come across some very interesting new tracts (about 20 in all) – and am looking to pick up at least another 4 posters. So the next listings will be made from back home in Brisbane early in the new year – featuring some of these new items.
26 Wednesday Nov 2014
Posted in June 17-23 1968, Poster, Uncategorized
Red-green-blue split-fountain screen-print
49.5cm x 38.5cm
“For the defence of political liberties
Against the dissolution of 11 revolutionary movements
Against the expulsions, the arrests, the police raids
And all breaches of the freedom of opinion
For an independent and autonomous ORTF
For the benefit of the dismissed strikers, the imprisoned and expelled students
A LARGE EXHIBITION-SALE
of drawings, lithographs, posters, and books
will take place on 22-23 June and 29-30 June
All day, at
NEW PARIS FACULTY OF SCIENCES
(Hall of Wine)
The participating artists and writers will be present
together with their friends, singers, film-makers, actors, composers
EVERYONE
is asked to come in support of their gesture of solidarity”
This poster may not be the most visually exciting from May 1968, but it would seem to fill in some missing history. I have known for a while that a number of artists created works to be sold in support of the striking workers and protesting students (amongst them Karel Appel and Asger Jorn). But I had no idea how this was organised – and this looks very much like the answer!
Documents from May 1968 