Civic Forum - OF. Hey! Come down and get to work! The garden is neglected, the cesspool is full and the cottage is falling apart
Poster
1990 (designed and printed)
1990 (designed and printed)
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This poster is an ironic cartoon by the popular cartoonist Vladimír Rencín for the Civic Forum party. Civic Forum had led opposition to communist rule in Czechoslovakia during the ‘Velvet Revolution’. The poster suggests that the time for revolutionary euphoria is over and that there is now a lot of hard work to do in order to turn around Czechoslovakia and solve its economic and social problems.
Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia
Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph printed on paper |
| Brief description | Poster by Vladimir Rencin, 'Civic Forum - Hey! Get to Work! The garden Is Wasted, the Cesspool Is Full, and the Cottage is About to Fall', Czechoslovakia 1990. RF 92/567 |
| Physical description | Poster |
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| Credit line | Given by Jennifer Blain |
| Production | Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia |
| Summary | This poster is an ironic cartoon by the popular cartoonist Vladimír Rencín for the Civic Forum party. Civic Forum had led opposition to communist rule in Czechoslovakia during the ‘Velvet Revolution’. The poster suggests that the time for revolutionary euphoria is over and that there is now a lot of hard work to do in order to turn around Czechoslovakia and solve its economic and social problems. Designed, printed and published in former Czechoslovakia |
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| Accession number | E.2442-1991 |
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| Record created | February 25, 2009 |
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