Big Money Is Moving In. Don't Let It Push Out Local People

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Artist/Maker	Docklands Community Poster Project (designers) Dunn, Peter (designer) Leeson, Loraine (designer)
Place of origin	London (published)

Poster composed of a photomontage of the Docklands cityscape being dominated by stacks of coins and wads of paper money. The weight of the money is shown destroying buildings and pushing people into a pit.

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Categories	Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Titles	Big Money Is Moving In. Don't Let It Push Out Local People (assigned by artist) The Changing Picture of Docklands (series title)
Materials and techniques	Offset lithograph
Brief description	'Big Money Is Moving In. Don't Let It Push Out Local People', by Peter Dunn for the Docklands Community Poster Project, London, 1982
Physical description	Poster composed of a photomontage of the Docklands cityscape being dominated by stacks of coins and wads of paper money. The weight of the money is shown destroying buildings and pushing people into a pit.
Dimensions	Height: 42cm Width: 59.5cm
Credit line	Given by Greenwich Mural Workshop
Historical context	The poster reproduces art work originally presented by the Docklands Community Poster Project on series of billboards in the Docklands area. Over a ten year period, the Docklands Community Poster Project, resisted the Governemnt's re-development of the Docklands area which catered to the interests of private investors rather than the needs of local people.
Subject depicted	Capitalism
Other number	4 - series number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.144-2011

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Record created	February 28, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1193211/big-money-is-moving-in-poster-dunn-peter/

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