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Afrikan Arts

Poster
c. 1985 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Community print shop proof for a poster advertising an event entitled 'Afrikan Arts'. The continent of Africa is outlined with traditional patterns and motifs, similar in style to a wood or lino-cut, on a yellow background. There is a photographic half-length portrait of an African woman with large hooped earrings and an ornate necklace on the left, and a smaller image of a man playing a long drum on the right. Lettered across the drum is the text 'A G. L. C. Anti Racist Year Event', and across the bottom are the names of the two fund-raising bodies associated with the event's organisation.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleAfrikan Arts (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Non-laminated proof for a poster
Brief description
Community print shop proof for a poster by the Greenwich Mural Workshop entitled 'Afrikan Arts'. Great Britain, ca. 1985.
Physical description
Community print shop proof for a poster advertising an event entitled 'Afrikan Arts'. The continent of Africa is outlined with traditional patterns and motifs, similar in style to a wood or lino-cut, on a yellow background. There is a photographic half-length portrait of an African woman with large hooped earrings and an ornate necklace on the left, and a smaller image of a man playing a long drum on the right. Lettered across the drum is the text 'A G. L. C. Anti Racist Year Event', and across the bottom are the names of the two fund-raising bodies associated with the event's organisation.
Dimensions
  • Height: 64cm
  • Width: 44cm
Dimensions measured 28/01/2013
Marks and inscriptions
  • Collection for the Mayor's Appeal Fund and the Sickle Cell Anaemia Society (Lettered at the bottom)
  • Afrikan Arts Dagarti Arts Group Ghanian dance and percussion Shakka Deddi Afrikan Artbeet Wurd-songz:Livin poetri Hi-Life International Azanian Jazz Band (Lettered across the shape of the continent)
Credit line
Given by Greenwich Mural Workshop
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.112-2011 (Version)
Collection
Accession number
E.117-2011

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Record createdJanuary 25, 2013
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