Paris, Posters of a Revolution
Introduction
In France in May 1968, student demonstrations led to worker sit-in strikes and to the widespread general strike which threatened the French political regime. The demand was for the reorganization of French social and political life. At the École de Beux Arts which was occupied by students, posters were produced by means of a silkscreen method. These posters later became collectors' items. Victoria University Library owns 19 posters donated by Professor Emeritus Paul Bouissac.
See Paris, May 1968: icônes de la révolution / Icons of Revolution, a poster exhibition that took place at Victoria University Library March 13 – May 4,1998.
Related Special Collections
Related Exhbitions
Paris, May 1968: icônes de la révolution / Icons of Revolution
Related Resources
- Another collection of posters from May 1968 ia available at Special Collections and Rare Books at Simon Fraser University. See the Esther and Robin Mathews May 1968 Paris Poster Collection.
- Art–for-Change–Posters from the Paris 1968 Uprising
From Brown University—The Whole World Was Watching an oral history of 1968 - May 1968
From Wikipedia - DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE! Posters From The 1968 Paris Uprising
Mark Vallen'"Art for a Change" Website - Paris—May 1968
Picturebooks at nothingness.org