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Poster
1986 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait poster advertising a multicultural event on the 4th of May. A yellow band with the event name and date lettered in red (with translation into an unidentified language) runs along the top and right of the poster, and the rest of the page has a green background overlaid with pink writing and a repeated photographic image of Ronald and Nancy Reagan dancing, with humorous speech bubbles.

Object details

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Object type
Title
Materials and techniques
Poster, screenprinted from handcut stencils and duplicating scanner stencils, and laminated in plastic
Brief description
Poster, made by Action Factory, advertising a multicultural event, and depicting Ronald and Nancy Reagan dancing, 1986
Physical description
Portrait poster advertising a multicultural event on the 4th of May. A yellow band with the event name and date lettered in red (with translation into an unidentified language) runs along the top and right of the poster, and the rest of the page has a green background overlaid with pink writing and a repeated photographic image of Ronald and Nancy Reagan dancing, with humorous speech bubbles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 67cm
  • Width: 48cm
Dimensions include plastic laminate
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DANCIN ON THE NITE / LIVE AND DIRECT / windsor suite 7 pm'
  • 'BRADFORD / original mushrooms / EASTSIDE / SALTLEY-BIRMINGHAM WORKSHOP / RED SEA / REINFORCEMENTS / Sadol Liverpool / dj - gary stewart'
  • 'organised by blackburn musicians collective: sponsored by I.Y.Y. supported by Action Factory'
Credit line
Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
From the label text of an exhibition held by the Greenwich Mural Workshop entitled 'Printing is Easy...? Community Printshops 1970-86'
Collection
Accession number
E.481-2013

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Record createdNovember 20, 2013
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