The Glasgow School of Art

Posters of the Cuban Revolution
Ground Floor, Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art, 164 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RF
20 September – 31 October 2014

This exhibition brings together examples of Cuba state-sponsored propaganda poster art which flourished during the Cold War era, following the Cuban Revolution. The posters, commissioned by the Organisation in Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAL) illustrate the aesthetic that the country’s artists and graphic designers developed, revealing the idealistic spirit at the core of the Cuban revolution, which was intent on fighting globalization, imperialism and defending human rights.  

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Thurs 30 October 1pm, Reid Building Ground Floor Corridor

Michael Tyler will provide insight into the method of building up his private collection of the posters created by the Organisation in Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) of which 70 is being shown in Posters of the Cuban Revolution. 

Fri 31 October 11am Friday event, GFT, Rose Street

Catherine Flood, curator at V&A, London (prints, posters and graphics) will discuss art, design and activism, through a focus on ‘Posters of the Cuban Revolution’ at GSA and the current V&A exhibition that she co-curated, ‘Disobedient Objects’.