Peace Signs is the ultimate collection of posters and graphics from the war in Iraq—uncensored, political, and thought-provoking. It includes over 200 full color posters from artists and designers from over 22 countries worldwide, featuring artwork by the prominent American poster artists Seth Tobocman, Shepard Fairey, Winston Smith, Chuck Sperry, Sue Coe, Ward Sutton, Nicole Schuman, and Mike Flugennock.
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In early 2003, activists opposed to the war in Iraq produced thousands of anti-invasion posters for rallies around the world. "The idea of the skilled, trained artist was erased," design historian Nicolas Lampert explains in the introduction to this survey of the anti-war images; "with the influx of computer design programs, scanners and photocopy machines, nearly any person with an idea could create a thought-provoking visual statement." As this book shows, however, the results of such newfound design democracy are mixed. Some of the book’s 187 images are indeed bold, sophisticated and arresting. Mark Vallen’s poster "Not our Children, Not their Children," for example, contains a moving, realistic drawing of a man carrying a wounded boy. And Amedeo De Palma’s elaborate Photoshop collage, "This is America!," is a colorful parody of Oval Office jingoism. Many of the most compelling entries convey specific ideas rather than mere opposition to war itself—TomPaine.com’s "I Want You," for example, presents an Uncle Sam-style recruiting poster in which Osama bin Ladin exhorts America to invade Iraq so that he can gain new recruits. Less successful entries, though, seem to exist as little more than rudimentary design exercises. Mann organizes the anti-war images into seven thematic categories (e.g. No Blood for Oil, Collateral Damage), and this arrangement can be monotonous. The section entitled "Bombs Over Baghdad," for example, offers 29 consecutive pages of bombs morphing into gravestones, pills, footballs, crayons and pretzels. But if the book as a whole suffers from uninspired presentation, it nonetheless provides a valuable survey of how professional and amateur designers have responded to the Iraq war. 230 color illustrations.
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“A valuable survey of how professional and amateur designers have responded to the Iraq war.” -- Publishers Weekly Review Annex
“These graphics merge art and technology in ways to assault our sense, even in an age of advertising overload.” -- Choice
“These graphics merge art and technology in ways to assault our sense, even in an age of advertising overload.” -- Choice
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Great Tool for a Protest this Season!!!,
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This book was passed down to me the night before I ws going to protest Bush in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It has many Posters that relate to any war or Bush protest. The best part is, you can reproduce these images for your own personal use. The posters keep their quallity when enlarging, and the binding is perfect for photocopying. Need a protest Poster? GET THIS BOOK!
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Unity,
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Great book, I'm in it, you should buy it. If you're interested in finding out the real reasons why we went to war, this book provides several artists' visual interpretations as to why.
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disappointed,
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This review is from: Peace Signs: The Anti-War Movement Illustrated (Paperback)
I ordered this as a gift and returned it due to some of the crude messages,foul language and pictures. It's an interesting book to look through but not what I had in mind for a book supporting peace.
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