AnextraordinarilyvisceralcollectionofpostersthatrepresenttheprogressiveprotestmovementsofthetwentiethCentury.Twoofthemostrecognizableimagesoftwentieth-centuryartarePabloPicasso’s“Guernica“andtherathermodestmass-producedposterbyanunassumingillustrator,LorraineSchneider“WarisNotHealthyforChildrenandOtherLivingThings.“FromPicasso’smasterpiecetoahumblepieceofposterart,artistshaveusedtheirtalentstoexpressdissentandtoprotestagainstinjusticeandimmorality.Asthefaceofmanypoliticalmovements,postersareessentialforfuelingrecruitment,spreadingpropaganda,andsustainingmorale.Disseminatedbygovernments,politicalparties,laborunionsandotherorganizations,politicalposterstranscendtimeandspantheentirespectrumofpoliticalaffiliationsandphilosophies.DrawingonthecelebratedcollectionintheTamimentLibrary’sPosterandBroadsideCollectionatNewYorkUniversity,RalphYounghascompiledanextraordinarilyvisceralcollectionofpostersthatrepresenttheprogressiveprotestmovementsofthetwentiethCentury:labor,civilrights,theVietnamWar,LGBTrights,feminismandotherminorityrights.MakeArtNotWarcanbeenjoyedonaestheticgroundsalone,andalsooffersfascinatingandrevealinginsightsintotwentiethcenturycultural,socialandpoliticalhistory.
