Exhibition brochure for Art as Witness: Political Graphics: Museum Object and Cultural History

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This is an exhibition brochure for the exhibition “Art as Witness: Political Graphics.” The front cover features a print designed by Gail Anderson. It has a white background with small, dense black text as a backdrop to large red text that reads “Art / as / Wit / ness / Political / Graphics / 2016-2018.” In the top right corner is a small red circle with petal-lobed edges. Within it is white text that reads “SVA / NYC.” As the bottom left corner in small red text are the words “Curated by: / Steve Brodner and Francis Di Tommaso.” The back cover features a political cartoon of Donald Trump on the upper half of the page. The lower half of the page has a memorial tribute to the artist, Robert Grossman. It includes a black and white photograph of him on the left margin and two paragraphs of small dense black text of his legacy as a cartoonist and the dedication of the exhibition to him. Within the brochure is a page that features another of Gail Anderson’s works. The upper half of the page depicts her print “THINK” while the bottom half of the page has a quote from the artist in black and red text that reads “”Artists are creating / an international/ rallying cry/ that/ cannot be ignored.” / Gail Anderson.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2016
• Designed by: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
• Published by: School of Visual Arts, American, founded 1947
• Type: brochures
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 16 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (41.9 × 29.2 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2020.11.15
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gail Anderson
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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