Los Angeles: At the Center and On the Edge / Thirty years from the Archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics

Object number:

2022.1.253

Object name:

mailer; poster; work on paper

Title:

Los Angeles: At the Center and On the Edge / Thirty years from the Archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics

Maker:

Karen Manning, Robbie Conal, Carol Wells, Michael Woodcock, Linda Ware

Production organization:

Pitzer College

Date made:

1996

Material/Technique:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H: 17 in, W: 11 in

Credit line:

Gift of the Terrazas Martin Family on behalf of Margaret Terrazas-Santos

Physical description:

Black and red, two sided, offset lithograph on white paper.

Content description:

Exhibition poster / mailer for "Los Angeles: At the Center and On the Edge / Thirty years from the Archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics / Nichols Gallery at Pitzer College." Main image is a reproduction of a poster by Robbie Conal: the top has strips of black with "Our Fear" in white. Between the strips of black is the text "We Arrest / We Convict / We Execute / We Murder / Save Mumia" in black and red with a photo of Mumia and contact information for Chief Justice Robert N.C. Nix, below. "Poster by Robbie Conal" is at the lower right corner of the main image. The bottom third of the poster has information about the exhibition "Los Angeles: At the Center and On the Edge" including venue, lecturers and dates.

Concepts:

art exhibition

Places:

Claremont, California

Persons:

Robbie Conal; Mumia Abu-Jamal

Organizations:

Pitzer College; Center for the Study of Political Graphics

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