Visual Arts Gallery
601 W 26th St
15th Fl
212.592.2145
This event has passed.
-
Image: Andrea Rauch
-
- When
-
Opens Thursday Sep 16, 2010 (6–8pm)
Aug 30, 2010 – Sep 25, 2010
Mondays–Saturdays (10am–6pm)
- Where
-
- Price
- Links
“Some say that Iran hasn't seen protests this size since the 1979 revolution. These green movement protests began as a response to the 2009 election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which was thought to be fraudulent, and called for his removal. Ahmedinejad announced his victory before all the votes were tallied, hence the motto that rose up from the movement: "Where is my vote?" This show by SVA exhibits the unique position that socially responsible designers can take when fighting for free speech. Looking, for example, to Russian agitprop posters, we know how powerful design can be in supporting political aims. In this case, we're glad that the aim is to inspire political activism.”
Rozalia Jovanovic, Flavorpill
School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents "Where Is My Vote? Posters for the Green Movement in Iran," an exhibition of over 125 political posters by graphic artists world wide created in support of the protests in Iran that followed the 2009 presidential election. The exhibition is the first public viewing of these posters in printed form and was organized by designers Anita Kunz and Woody Pirtle along with Francis Di Tommaso, director of the Visual Arts Gallery, and Steven Heller, author, design historian and co-chair of the MFA Design Department at SVA. After the presentation at SVA, the exhibition will travel to The Art Institute of Boston.
- SVA
