Graphic agitation
Subtitle: social and political graphics since the sixties
By: Liz McQuiston.
Publisher: Phaidon
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Commercial art -- Themes, motives.; Social problems in art.; Politics in art.
Description: Contains posters, ads, and photographs expressing social and political protest.

Contains primary source material.

"Graphic art is powerful weapon of protest and propaganda, shock and subversion. From billboards to t-shirts, underground magazines to political posters, its imagery can arrest, accuse, provoke and plead. Many such images have become icons of their age. From the revolutionary Sixties to the present day, Graphic Agitation explores the many ways in which graphic arts and design have addressed social and political issues. The book covers a broad range of subject areas including war, peace, national politics, ecology, health, civil rights, and sexual politics. It features the work of some the world's best known personalities and studios, such as Grapus in France, Klaus Staeck in Germany, Seymour Chwast in the USA and Wild Plakken in Holland, as well as the powerful graphics of anonymous protest."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236) and index.