Poster
ca. 1993 (made)
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Anti-racism poster by Lex Drewinski. Polish School, circa 1993.
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| Brief description | Anti-racism poster by Lex Drewinski. Polish School, circa 1993. |
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| Gallery label | Injustice in black and white
The Berlin-based, Polish graphic designer Lex Drewinski uses bold graphics and block colours to create clever, impactful posters addressing social and political issues. For this design, titled ‘Racism’, a large white foot crushes a black face. Depicting an act that both hurts and silences, the work calls out discrimination, oppression and the violent impacts of racism.
Monochrome social justice poster
‘Racism’, 1993
Designed by Lex Drewinski, Germany
Screen print
Given by Sir Kenneth Grange
Museum no. E.808-2019
The object sits in the 'Crisis and Conflict' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021.(2021) |
| Credit line | Given by Sir Kenneth Grange |
| Bibliographic reference | The poster has received the following awards and honourable mentions:
1993 - Grand Prix (in a set of 5 posters) International Exhibition "Satyrykon", Legnica (Poland).
1993 - First prize (in a set of 3 posters), The International Poster Exhibition, Helena Rubinstein 1993, Tel Aviv (Israel).
1994 - Merit Award (in a set of 3 posters), Art Directors Club, New York (USA).
1996 - Award of the magazine "Deutscher Drucker" 1994", (one of the calendar pages) DD-Kalenderrevue-96, Ostfirden, (Germany).
2016 - Honourable Mention, The 9th International Festival of Art on Billboards "Art Moves", Torun (Poland). |
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| Accession number | E.808-2019 |
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| Record created | July 18, 2019 |
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