exhibitions
The Graphic Imperative
Special Events
Friday, 14 September
Gallery Talk by Frank Baseman, co-curator
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Wednesday, 26 September
Can Design Stop a War?
Sponsored by the Design Innovation Institute, as part of Dii's Behind the Design Scenes series. A reception will follow at the University Art Gallery until 9:00 p.m. Registration for the reception is required and attendance is limited. Please visit www.designnovation.org for more information and to register.
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Saturday, 6 October
AIGA San Diego Annual Membership Event
Presentation by Elizabeth Resnick, co-curator
Presentation by Art Chantry, designer
Sponsored by AIGA San Diego. A reception will follow at the University Art Gallery until 9:00 p.m. Registration is required for the presentations and reception. Please visit www.aigasandiego.org for more information and to register.
About the Exhibition
The Graphic Imperative is a select retrospective of forty years of international sociopolitical posters. Themes include dissent, liberation, racism, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental and health concerns, AIDS, war, literacy and tolerance, collectively providing a window to an age of great change. Focusing on the issues of our turbulent times, these 111 posters - representing 22 countries - endeavor to show the social, political and aesthetic concerns of many cultures in a single exhibition through delineating themes and contrasting political realities. The exhibition is accompanied by an 80-page, full-color catalogue, available at the Gallery. You can also visit the Graphic Imperative project's website for more information and images at: http://thegraphicimperative.org/.
The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment 1965 to 2005 was curated and organized by Elizabeth Resnick, Chaz Maviyane-Davies and Frank Baseman in collaboration with the Massachusetts College of Art, supported in part by The Massachusetts College of Art Foundation and Philadelphia University. The San Diego State University presentation of The Graphic Imperative was organized by Tina Yapelli, director of the University Art Gallery, with the assistance of Susan Merritt, head of the SDSU Graphic Design Program, and sponsored by Michael Cunningham; Garden Communities; AIGA San Diego; Design Innovation Institute; Legal Arts, Inc.; Neenah Paper; Bennett Peji Design; and Crescentera, Inc. The announcement and poster were designed by Susan Merritt, CWA, Inc.; recycled paper was donated by Neenah Paper and printing was donated by Lithographix, Inc., Los Angeles. Additional support was provided by the School of Art, Design and Art History; the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts; the fund for Instructionally Related Activities; the Tim Jones Memorial Fund, in support of the SDSU Graphic Design Program; and the San Diego State University Art Council.