Poster art pleas to give peace a chance

Breakdown Press launches free 32-page poster publication for peace.

The Melbourne-based publisher with a background in zines, street art, and activism has published a free, 32-page broadsheet featuring posters for peace. The collection of 30 posters includes work by Ann Newmarch, Marc de Jong, Arlene TextaQueen, Mammad Aidani, Colin Matthes, HA-HA, Van Rudd and Olaf Ladousse; the work was printed by MPD printers in Marrickville, Sydney.

“The aim of the The Peace Posters, the latest in Breakdown’s ongoing poster series, is to create compelling designs that promote peace and get them in as many bedrooms, offices, and public places as possible,” explained Lou Smith, Breakdown Press artistic director.

“The poster is an enduring art form that continues to capture our imagination.”

Pictured: One of the images in the latest installment of The Peace Posters by artist, Arlene TextaQueen.

Breakdown Press first created a ‘poster series’ in the form of a newspaper in 2006 to coincide with the Indigenous-led protests and convergence at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. The series was titled The Stolenwealth Poster Series, with artists looking at the issues of genocide, sovereignty and treaty.

The Peace Posters is the fourth in Breakdown Press’ poster series.

“We are very excited to have been able to include artwork and writing not only from across Australia, but also from Iran, USA, Spain and France, and also by people whose lives cross many borders,” said Tom Civil, Breakdown Press artistic director.

The 2010 poster series contains 30 new, original and provocative political posters and poetry and can be ordered by clicking here.