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Cuban Poster Art

Cuban Poster Art

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Cuban Poster Art is a blog about Cuban Posters from ICAIC, OSPAAAL, COR, Casa de las Americas and other cultural, political and social agencies in Cuba. The blog features Cuban poster literature review and info and photos of some of Cuba's best posters.

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  • La Vieja Dama Indigna - Bachs 1966

    Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 06:18 in poster, icaic, bachs

    This early poster by Bachs is less adventurous than his work of the late 60s. It is restrained, using a standard black font and straight layout, and follows the style of many early 60s international film and cultural posters by artists such as Saul B...

  • Las Parrandas - Reboiro 1979

    Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 06:32 in poster, icaic, reboiro

    I know nothing about the documentary by Constante Diego but Las Parrandas is a festival of fireworks and celebration on Christmas eve in Remedios, one of Cuba's oldest towns. The partying, originally designed to encourage the locals to attend midnigh...

  • Jornada del Guerrillero Heroico - OCLAE

    Posted on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at 13:42

    This fantastic poster from OCLAE, The Organización Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes or Continental Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Students, features a contemplative Che in simple two tone, to promote the Day of th...

  • Solidarity with Palestine - Abelenda 1968

    Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 16:21 in poster, ospaaal

    This 1968 poster once again mixes a very serious political issue - the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine - with some inventive and bright graphics. The warm colours and psychedelic text create a positive vibe. The heroic armed character i...

  • Solidarity with Guinea - Lazaro 1970

    Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 15:05 in poster, ospaaal

    The 1970 invasion of Guinea by Portugeuse-led forces was an attempted coup against the government of Ahmed Sékou Touré. Cuba was openly supportive of a number of African states as they repelled imperialist European forces in their struggle for inde...

  • Engine rebuild

    Posted on Sunday August 2nd, 2009 at 04:36

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Stebro1969

5 stars steve brown

This is amazing graphic art that I was unaware of, until now. Thanks

Posted: September 6th, 2008 | More Reviews From Stebro1969 | Report This Comment

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