William Morris Gallery shows how political movements have used posters to agitate for change
The history of those using posters to agitate for political change will be celebrated at a new exhibition at the William Morris Gallery.
A World to Win: Posters of Protest and Revolution will feature artwork from the Suffragette campaign to the Arab Spring, celebrating those who have tried to change the world through educating and organising.
Morris himself was a socialist campaigner as well as a designer, so understood well the potential for a printed image to communicate to an audience.
The exhibition will feature one of Britain’s most important political artists, Peter Kennard, as well as posters from 1968 student protests in Paris. It also features examples from the Russian, Chinese and Cuban Revolutions.
It will also feature locally produced posters from the surrounding Walthamstow area, reflecting community-led campaigns from recent years.
The exhibition is free and runs from October 8 to January 15, 2017.
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