Air India / Immigrant Labour
Poster
ca. 1976 (made)
ca. 1976 (made)
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The subject of this poster is exploitative immigrant labour. It charges that we are all complicit in appreciating the seemingly exotic splendour of faraway places while ignoring the commonplace labour injustices inflicted on immigrants from those same places.
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Title | Air India / Immigrant Labour (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Screenprint |
Brief description | Anti-labour exploitation poster in black & white, Poster Collective, Tolmers Square, United Kingdom, ca. 1976 |
Physical description | Black and white photographic image of a glamourous, smiling Asian flight attendant dressed in an ornate sari and jewellery. This is paired with an image of an immigrant cleaner pushing a dustbin and cleaning supplies through an airport lounge. Text below. |
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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 |
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Summary | The subject of this poster is exploitative immigrant labour. It charges that we are all complicit in appreciating the seemingly exotic splendour of faraway places while ignoring the commonplace labour injustices inflicted on immigrants from those same places. |
Other number | LS.1362 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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Accession number | E.667-2004 |
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Record created | September 29, 2004 |
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