Think About It!
Poster
1972 (made)
1972 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The civil rights movement undertaken by African-Americans reached the height of visibility during the late 1960s. By the early 1970s, militant black organisations such as the Black Panther Party (founded in 1966) were in decline due to a combination of loss of momentum, in-fighting, and powerful federal campaigns against black empowerment. In many ways, a poster such as this marks the end of widespread race-based political activism in America. The message put across in this poster is a conflicted one: on the one hand, the image depicts a powerful, fearsome black woman; on the other, her state of undress reveals certain underlying sexist attitudes. This tension is indicative of the time - the Feminist movement was underway, seeking to do away with exploitative images of women.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Think About It! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Think about it!', black militant poster photographed by Dozier Mobley, USA, 1972 |
| Physical description | Topless black woman with voluminous Afro hairstyle, wearing short-shorts. Belts of bullets criss-cross her chest. She stands defiantly with her left hand on her hip, holding an upright machine gun in her right hand. |
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| Marks and inscriptions |
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| 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 |
| Production | published in Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Place depicted | |
| Summary | The civil rights movement undertaken by African-Americans reached the height of visibility during the late 1960s. By the early 1970s, militant black organisations such as the Black Panther Party (founded in 1966) were in decline due to a combination of loss of momentum, in-fighting, and powerful federal campaigns against black empowerment. In many ways, a poster such as this marks the end of widespread race-based political activism in America. The message put across in this poster is a conflicted one: on the one hand, the image depicts a powerful, fearsome black woman; on the other, her state of undress reveals certain underlying sexist attitudes. This tension is indicative of the time - the Feminist movement was underway, seeking to do away with exploitative images of women. |
| Other number | LS.1127 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.214-2004 |
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| Record created | July 9, 2004 |
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