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VOTER c'est mourir un peu
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VOTER c'est mourir un peu
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
Paris, France (Designed and printed)
- Date:
1968 (Designed and printed)
- Artist/Maker:
Atelier Populaire (Possibly, Maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Lithograph
- Credit Line:
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
- Museum number:
E.668-2004
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3, shelf G, box 26
This poster proclaims the disillusionment young Parisian students felt towards voting as a means of positive political and social change. The ballot box is depicted as a coffin. The Lorraine Cross on the coffin lid once represented freedom in France: it was used by General de Gaulle as a symbol of hope during the Resistance movement of World War II. The cross is subverted to represent the failures of De Gaulle's government. The underlying message alleges that the electoral process has failed the French people.The students were pushing for revolutionary change brought about by protest and demonstrations.
