#omca collections

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ONE OF THE MOST ON POINT INDICTMENTS OF AMERICAN "DEMOCRACY" IN DESIGN HISTORY.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the now oft-quoted "Democracy, We Deliver" anti-war poster, on offset lithograph paper, artwork by John Yates for Stealworks, c. 1993.

PIC #2: Identical graphic with different typography, later used as artwork for the CD liner notes to "Point Blank," the 1994 debut studio album by industrial thrash metal band NAILBOMB.

Sources: https://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/2010543734 & Flickr.

[lostinurbanism]

White Imitates Black, Hank Willis Thomas

"This is a lenticular print that shows text on a white background. The text is printed in black with a san serif font in capitol letters. The image (text) of this work changes in relationship to where the viewer stands. For instance, as the viewer walks left to right the text shifts from "White Imitates Black" to "Black Imitates Black" to "Black Imitates White" to "White Imitates White.”

The artist intent may be that black identity and identity in general is not a fixed idea but rather is created by fluid and changing relationships. Using physical location of the viewer as a critical part of activating the work refers to psychological positioning that determines how one sees one self and others.”