Simile
Poster
1988 (published)
1988 (published)
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This poster was ostensibly advertising an exhibition of work by the artist Péter Stefanovits, but Pócs used it as a vehicle to convey his image of the weakening Communist regime and expressed his personal view of the inherently doomed nature of utopian ideals. He used the red star of Communism in many of his posters, in each it takes on a different texture or aspect, revealing it as weak, decaying or trapped. The question mark after his signature impled his belief that the end was imminent, in 1988 or 1989. In the event, democratic multi-part elections were held in March 1990.
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| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph printed on paper |
| Brief description | Poster by Peter Pocs from the Pro-democracy Poster Collection. Hungary, 1989-1990. |
| Physical description | Portrait format poster.printed in colours. Photographic image of a red star nailed to a wooden cross agains a crumbling blue wall. to the left a diagonal banner in pink with black lettering announcing the title of the exhibition etc. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by Mücsarnok, Budapest, through Krisztina Jerger. Reproduced by courtesy of DACS, London, 1997. |
| Production | Poster for an exhibition of works by Péter Stefanovitz at the Dorottya Street Galler,Mücsarnok, Budapest, published illegally by the Novotoys Publishing House, Hungary, 1988. Reason For Production: Exhibition |
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| Summary | This poster was ostensibly advertising an exhibition of work by the artist Péter Stefanovits, but Pócs used it as a vehicle to convey his image of the weakening Communist regime and expressed his personal view of the inherently doomed nature of utopian ideals. He used the red star of Communism in many of his posters, in each it takes on a different texture or aspect, revealing it as weak, decaying or trapped. The question mark after his signature impled his belief that the end was imminent, in 1988 or 1989. In the event, democratic multi-part elections were held in March 1990. |
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| Accession number | E. 146-1991 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2003 |
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