Take Me To Your Dealer

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Artist/Maker	Hot Frog Graphics (Design studio) Morton, Paul (artist)
Place of origin	Sheffield (made)

The poster 'Take me to your dealer' produced in 1995 illustrates popular imagery drawn from youth culture, and is designed for the youth/student audience as wall art for interiors. It is one of many graphic expressions of 'Alien' culture, inspired by science fiction films such as 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' made in 1977 and TV shows such as 'The X-Files' first aired in 1993, where abductions by aliens is the theme. There are also references to drug culture. By 1998 the poster had sold in excess of 320,000 copies worldwide.

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Categories	Prints Images Online Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Take Me To Your Dealer (trade title)
Materials and techniques	colour offset lithograph Printing Ink Paper Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	'Take Me To Your Dealer' poster by Paul Morton for Hot Frog Graphics
Physical description	The posters shows an alien holding a joint. Behind it is the image of a space ship and below a rocky landscape.
Dimensions	Height: 90cm Width: 64cm
Marks and inscriptions	TAKE ME TO YOUR DEALER (Title at the top of the poster)
Credit line	Given by GB Posters and Publications Ltd.
Subjects depicted	Aliens Drugs
Summary	The poster 'Take me to your dealer' produced in 1995 illustrates popular imagery drawn from youth culture, and is designed for the youth/student audience as wall art for interiors. It is one of many graphic expressions of 'Alien' culture, inspired by science fiction films such as 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' made in 1977 and TV shows such as 'The X-Files' first aired in 1993, where abductions by aliens is the theme. There are also references to drug culture. By 1998 the poster had sold in excess of 320,000 copies worldwide.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.441-1999

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Record created	March 1, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25694/take-me-to-your-dealer-poster-morton-paul/

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