Poster
1967 (printed)
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Poster for the Legalise Pot Rally, white background, amorphous red and yellow forms growing out of a swirl of blue smoke. Text in white against the blue smoke.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour screen print (first state) |
| Brief description | Poster, 'Legalise Pot Rally', designed Michael McInnerney, printed TSR, 1967 |
| Physical description | Poster for the Legalise Pot Rally, white background, amorphous red and yellow forms growing out of a swirl of blue smoke. Text in white against the blue smoke. |
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| Historical context | During th 1960s new anti-drug legislation was gradually introduced, culminating in the 1967 act which empowered the police to search any suspected drug user. The arrest of various heroes of the underground subculture, including pop stars, and general harassment of all hippies led to a number of 'legalise pot rallies', to protest against infringement of individual liberty and the 'war' between generations. Mike McInnerney did a number of posters for the underground. His style is particularly evocative of the hallucinatory effect of drugs with amorphous forms growing out of a swirk of smoke and rainbow colours. [Julia Bigham, 'British Design at Home', p.148] |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969. |
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| Accession number | E.33-1968 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2000 |
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