The Visual Front, Posters from the Spanish Civil from UCSD's Southworth Collection

Amazing collection and entire history of the Spanish Civil War, quite an impressive collection.

Posted. Biblioteca Nacional's Posters of The Spanish Civil War

Los Carteles de La Guerra Civil Española.

El Archivo General de la Guerra Civil Española conserva una de las mejores colecciones de carteles de la guerra civil existentes en el mundo. Especialmente rica y completa respecto a los producidos por la República, ha sido ampliada posteriormente con la incorporación de otros carteles significativos editados en su día por el bando nacional. Dichos carteles ya se dieron a conocer a través de la publicación en formato CD-ROM realizada por el Ministerio de Cultura en dos volúmenes (el 1º de ellos en el año 2002 y el 2º en 2005). En la actualidad la colección consta de 2.280 carteles que pueden ser consultados a través de esta base de datos.

The Spanish Archive of the Spanish Civil war is one of the best collection of the Civil War in the world. The special rich and complete collection of items produced in the Republic, has growth with the incorporation of significant other editions.
These posters became available on CD-Rom as a result of the efforts of the Minister of Culture. Produced in two volumes, the first volume was created in 2002, and the second volume in 2005. The collection consists of 2.280 posters which you can examine on their web site.

The bold,simple,striking, powerful Posters are definitely worth a look.

Pin-up girls, wrestlers, beauties and cuties

Comical, kitsch, nostalgic, Mexican tatoo artist, Dr Larka gives us 50's Mexico with a twist.

Dr Lakra is a tattoo artist living and working near Mexico City. In his parallel activities here, however, Dr Lakra transfers his draughtsmanship onto the idealised figures in 50’s Mexican magazines. Pin-up girls, wrestlers, beauties and cuties are tattooed and 'enhanced' in ink with bats, demons, spiders and the faces of pouting vixens. Like pertinent graffiti, the relative innocence of another era is politicised and the images are infused with a relish for the diabolical. Beautification or social identification, the works are a carnival of the grotesque. Kitschy erotica, ancient ritual, and hallucinogenic visions are fused in a collage of ideologies.

A click on the title to glimpse a few more works from the selection of works from the Saatchi Gallery, UK.


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