Saturday, September 18, 2010

Künstlerplakate: Artists’ Posters from East Germany, 1967–1990

Künstlerplakate: Artists’ Posters from East Germany, 1967–1990 at Grey Art Gallery, NYU. "...Surveying the evolution of artists’ posters in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the decades preceding reunification in 1989, Künstlerplakate ranges from early examples of the late 1960s to the rich and varied highpoint of the late 1980s. Produced and circulated primarily in East Germany’s three principal art centers: Dresden, Leipzig, and Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz), posters served both as advertisements for cultural events and works of art in their own right. Most were printed by or in the presence of the artist, in small editions of less than 100 copies—thus bypassing strict GDR censorship boards."